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Anaesthesia
; 65(2): 204-6, 2010 Feb.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20003113
RESUMO
A key anaesthetic goal in reconstructive free flap surgery is to maintain optimum blood flow to maximise flap survival. We describe the use of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in a patient with severe cardiac dysfunction, in whom surgery was initially felt to be contraindicated.