Figure 031_1944. The operating principle of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP). A , contraction of the heart, balloon deflated. B , early heart diastole, starting balloon inflation. C , late diastolic phase, complete balloon inflation. - McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine

Figure 031_1944.
The operating principle of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP). A, contraction of the heart, balloon deflated. B, early heart diastole, starting balloon inflation. C, late diastolic phase, complete balloon inflation.

Figure 031_1944. The operating principle of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP). A , contraction of the heart, balloon deflated. B , early heart diastole, starting balloon inflation. C , late diastolic phase, complete balloon inflation.