Extra-Aortic Implantable Counterpulsation Pump in Chronic Heart Failure Sergei Mitnovetski, MBBS, Aubrey A. Almeida, FRACS, Althea Barr, RN, BN, William S. Peters, MD, F. Paget Milsom, FRACS, Betty Ho, FRACP, Julian A. Smith, MS, FRACS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 85, Issue 6, Pages 2122-2125 (June 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.049 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Implantable counterpulsation pump in place. (A) Cuff around the ascending aorta. (B) Cuff gas line connected to the external driver. (C) Bipolar epicardial electrocardiography sense lead. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 2122-2125DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.049) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Computerized tomography of the chest. (A) Implantable counterpulsation pump cuff. (B) Lumen of the ascending aorta. (C) Collection around the device and aorta. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 2122-2125DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.049) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Schematic representation of the position and function of the C-Pulse cuff. Arrows in the aorta represent blood flow, arrows in the balloon pump cuff represent the direction of the pressure during the aortic compression by the cuff. (Reprinted from Legget ME, Peters WS, Milsom FP, etal. Extra-aortic balloon counterpulsation: an intraoperative feasibility study. Circulation 2005;112(Suppl I):I-26–31 [10], with permission from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 2122-2125DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.049) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions