IABP eLearning: Therapy Program answers

IABP eLearning: Therapy Program
answers
The Intra-aortic balloon is most commonly inserted through the:
Femoral Artery
Brachial artery
Carotid artery
Renal artery✔✔Femoral Artery

Volume and pressure inside the left ventricle at the end of diastole is referred to as:
Afterload
Stroke Volume
Preload
Cardiac output✔✔Preload

Resistance to flow or impedance to ventricular ejection is referred to as:
Preload
Afterload
Cardiac output
Stroke Volume✔✔Afterload

Coronary arteries receive the majority of arterial blood supply during:
Systole
Diastole
Ventricular repolarization
Isovolumetric contraction✔✔Diastole

The primary effects of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation are:
Increased myocardial oxygen demand/decreased myocardial oxygen supply
Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/decreased myocardial oxygen supply
Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen supply
Increased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen
supply✔✔Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen
supply

Intra-aortic balloons are indicated for:
Prophylactic support for PTCA or anesthesia induction, incompetent aortic valve, and
cerebral stroke
End stage cardiac disease, incompetent aortic valve, cardiogenic shock, septic
shock
Acute coronary syndrome, cardiac and non-cardiac surgery, and complications of
heart failure
Brain death, sheathless insertion with severe obesity or scarring of the groin, carotid
artery surgery✔✔Acute coronary syndrome, cardiac and non-cardiac surgery, and
complications of heart failure

Diastolic Augmentation can be affected by:
Timing