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Twenty-seven patients in cardiogenic shock or medically refractory left ventricular failure due to acute myocardial infarction were treated with intraaortic balloon counterpulsation. Twenty-one of them were treated with counterpulsation alone; the remaining six underwent surgery. Thirteen patients were benefited by counterpulsation alone. Three of the patients treated with counterpulsation and surgery survived and were discharged from the hospital. Thus, 16 of the 27 patients (59%) survived. Four patients in medically refractory left ventricular failure or shock due to acute myocarditis were treated with counterpulsation. All patients were weaned easily from circulatory assist and were discharged from the hospital. This study shows that intraaortic balloon counterpulsation is a very useful adjunct to currently existing medical measures for the treatment of cardiogenic shock or for medically refractory left ventricular failure in both myocardial infarction and myocarditis.
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