Prostaglandin E1 From the Tip of an Intraaortic Balloon Catheter for Lower Limb Ischemia Toshihide Nakano, Ryuji Tominaga, Kiminori Shiraishi, Hisataka Yasui The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 65, Issue 4, Pages 1158-1160 (April 1998) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00039-3
Fig. 1 Changes in the blood flow velocity of the dorsalis pedis artery and in the temperature of the hallux skin after intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) insertion. Immediately after the IABP insertion, blood flow velocity in the right dorsalis pedis artery (RDPA) markedly decreased, and it could not be detected 2 hours after the operation. After the administration of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1), the RDPA flow increased and continued as long as PGE1 was infused. (LDPA = left dorsalis pedis artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 65, 1158-1160DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00039-3)