Neonatal piglet model of intraaortic balloon pumping: Improved efficacy using echocardiographic timing L.LuAnn Minich, MD, Lloyd Y Tani, MD, George M Pantalos, PhD, Bridget L Bolland, BS, Brett K Knorr, MD, John A Hawkins, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 66, Issue 5, Pages 1527-1532 (November 1998) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00954-0
Fig 1 Schematic representation of the animal preparation. (IAB = intraaortic balloon.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 1527-1532DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00954-0)
Fig 2 Simultaneous recording of electrocardiogram and ascending aortic pressure. Millar and M-mode echocardiogram demonstrating that the upstroke of the arterial pressure curve (U) coincides with the aortic valve (Ao) opening (O) from the M-mode recording and the dicrotic notch (D) coincides with aortic valve closure (C). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 1527-1532DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00954-0)