Intra-aortic balloon pump use does not affect the renal function in patients undergoing off pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Renal dysfunction is known to occur during cardiac surgery.A few factors such as perioperative hypotension, use of potential nephrotoxic therapeutic 1020 agents, radio opaque contrast media in the recent past, intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) and cardiopulmonary bypass have been blamed as the contributing factors to the causation of postoperative r