Abstract
Ten patients treated with intra aortic balloon pumping (IABP) and hemodialysis after cardiac surgery were reported. Nine patients were weaned from IABP. However, only 5 of 9 patients could not be weaned from hemodialysis. Acute renal failure after cardiac surgery might be caused by low cardiac output syndrome, which was successfully improved by IABP in 9 patients in our series. However, multiple organ failure including gastrointestinal bleeding, hepatic failure and severe infection was clinically detected during hemodialysis treatment. In our series, the long term survival rate ranged into 40%, 4 out of 10 cases.
