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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:1527-1532
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Neonatal piglet model of intraaortic balloon pumping: Improved efficacy using echocardiographic timing

^a Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
^b Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Address reprint requests to Dr Hawkins, Department of Surgery, 100 N. Medical Dr, Suite 2550, Salt Lake City, UT 84113
e-mail: jhawkins{at}med.utah.edu

Presented at the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, Jan 26–28, 1998.

Background. Pediatric intraaortic balloon pumping (IABP) has met with little success because of technical difficulty in tracking rapid heart rates. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of M-mode echocardiography for IABP timing in a neonatal piglet model.

Methods. Two groups of piglets underwent mitral valve avulsion to create a model of shock. Group 1 (n = 8; mean weight, 7.7 ± 1.8 kg) underwent IABP timed with both the ascending aortic pressure and M-mode echocardiogram. Group 2 (n = 6; mean weight, 7.5 ± 1.4 kg) underwent two separate periods of IABP: one with echocardiographic timing and the second using standard timing points from the femoral arterial pressure tracing and electrocardiogram. Measurements included ascending aortic flow, left anterior descending arterial flow, ascending aortic pressure, left atrial pressure, and heart rate.

Results. Mitral valve avulsion produced a shock model with a significant decrease in mean aortic pressure and aortic flow and a significant increase in left atrial pressure and heart rate. Compared with the shock state, IABP in group 1 animals resulted in a significant increase in aortic flow (353 ± 152 versus 454 ± 109 mL/min; p < 0.05) and a significant decrease in left atrial pressure (23 ± 6 versus 17 ± 7 mm Hg; p < 0.05). Group 2 animals with echocardiogram-timed IABP had significantly increased aortic flow (365 ± 106 versus 458 ± 107 mL/min; p < 0.05) and mean aortic pressure (43 ± 11 versus 52 ± 8 mm Hg; p < 0.05). However, standard-timed IABP failed to show any improvement.

Conclusions. In piglets with rapid heart rates, echocardiogram-timed IABP results in increased aortic flow and pressure and decreased left atrial pressure compared with standard-timed IABP.

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