Is anyone familiar with the medical treatment for cardiac failure that
involves "reversing" bloodflow. Anyone with info please post or email
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Is anyone familiar with the medical treatment for cardiac failure that
involves "reversing" bloodflow. Anyone with info please post or email
badj…@webspan.net
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BM@
Are you perhaps thinking of an intraaortic balloon pump? A balloon
catheter is placed thru the femoral artery (usually) into the descending
aorta and its inflation is synchronized with the heartbeat via attached
EKG leads… when the heart is in diastole (ventricles filling) the
balloon inflates, thus causing an increase in pressure in the aorta and
pushing blood backwards under higher-than-normal-diastolic pressure into
the coronary arteries (the coronaries fill during diastole normally; this
gives them more flow). The balloon then deflates just before systole
(ventricles contacting) so they have much less resistance to push against
in the aorta, which decreases their workload. You can probably see how
these two effects are beneficial for a failing heart.
Don’t know if that’s what you’re asking about, though…
best
wendie
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There was a device which forced arterial blood backward during diastole
via the coronary sinus a few years ago. The company was Synchronized
Retroperfusion Systems –I think they’re out of business.
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