Abstract
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.
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Jennings, A., Norman, A., Whitelock, D., Haynes, S., & James, G. (2010). Elective peri-operative intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation during maxillofacial free flap reconstructive surgery in a patient with severe cardiomyopathy. Anaesthesia, 65(2), 204–206. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06182.x
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