Mending a Broken Heart: Treatment of Stress-Induced Heart Failure after Solid Organ Transplantation

Figure 4

Intra-aortic balloon pump after OLT for Takotsubo Syndrome. An intra-aortic balloon pump inserted in the right femoral artery, traversing the aorta as it passes the celiac axis, in the setting of Takotsubo Syndrome after an orthotopic liver transplantation. Typical arterial access cannula size 8 Fr (2.7 mm).