Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Counterpulsation during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock: Insights from the British Columbia Cardiac Registry

• M. Bilal Iqbal ,

  * E-mail: biqbal@excite.com

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Victoria Heart Institute Foundation, Victoria, BC, Canada, Department of Cardiology, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC, Canada

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• Simon D. Robinson,

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Victoria Heart Institute Foundation, Victoria, BC, Canada, Department of Cardiology, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC, Canada

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• Lillian Ding,

  Affiliation Cardiac Services BC, Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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• Anthony Fung,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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• Eve Aymong,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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• Albert W. Chan,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Royal Columbian Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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• Steven Hodge,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, BC, Canada

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• Anthony Della Siega,

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Victoria Heart Institute Foundation, Victoria, BC, Canada, Department of Cardiology, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC, Canada

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• Imad J. Nadra,

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Victoria Heart Institute Foundation, Victoria, BC, Canada, Department of Cardiology, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC, Canada

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• British Columbia Cardiac Registry Investigators

  ¶The individual members of the British Columbia Cardiac Registry Investigators are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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