New approach to management of intraaortic balloon pumps in patients with peripheral vascular disease: case reports of four patients requiring urgent IABP insertion.

ABSTRACT

Four selected cases of emergent IABP insertion in PV patients are presented. After angiographic documentation of critical iliac stenosis, conservative peripheral angioplasty was performed prior to IABP insertion. No patient experienced a peripheral ischemic event associated with IABP use.