The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 162-167 , February 2010

Is the Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump a Method of Brain Protection During Cardiogenic Shock After Drug Intoxication?

  • Marianna Janion, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, Kielce, Poland
    • ,
  • Aleksander Stępień, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, Kielce, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint Address: Aleksander Step̨ień, md, Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, Grunwaldzka str 45, Kielce, Swietokrzyskie 25-445, Poland
    • ,
  • Janusz Sielski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, Kielce, Poland
    • Intensive Care Unit, Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, Kielce, Poland
    • ,
  • Wojciech Gutkowski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hemodynamics, Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, Kielce, Poland

Received 14 June 2006 ,Revised 30 August 2007 ,Accepted 28 October 2007.

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PII: S0736-4679(07)00897-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.10.037

The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 162-167 , February 2010

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