Use of intra-aortic balloon pump in patients with acute coronary syndrome and cardiogenic shock at the University Hospital Centre Osijek, in the period from 2014 to 2015

ommend IABP to be routinely used. It is intended to be used in patients with non ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) with acute mechanical complications. ESC Guidelines considered meta-analyses by Sjauw el al and the major randomized clinical trial IABP SHOCK II. This research did not confirm degraded mortality 30 days after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with shock. There are several flaws to this study: the absence of long-term survival, not taking into account patients with mechanical complications of myocardial infarction, NSTEMI patients and cardiogenic shock after 12 hours. 50% of patients had blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg, which rise the question of inclusion criteria. However, meta-analyses showed significant reduction in mortality in cardiogenic shock after STEMI in patients treated with thrombolysis and IABP, but without primary percutaneous coronary intervention. New randomized clinical trials are needed, so that a definite conclusion on long-term survival could be made, as well to establish if there are groups within those patients, which could benefit from the use of IABP. We present our IABP experience, in University Hospital Centre Osijek, in time period from 2014 to 2015, in acute coronary syndrome patients and cardiogenic shock, and their short term outcome and survival. This is ongoing study planned to follow long term outcome as well.