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CCRN EXAM Test

Question Number 11

The patient with diagnosis of cardiogenic shock now requires high dose dopamine (greater than 10 mcg/kg/min) to maintain blood pressure, and the cardiologist is planning to start IABP therapy. This therapy will benefit the patient because it will:

(A) increase afterload with balloon inflation and decrease diastolic augmentation with balloon deflation.

(B) decrease afterload with balloon deflation and increase diastolic augmentation with balloon inflation.

(D) increase afterload with balloon deflation and decrease diastolic augmentation with balloon inflation.

✔ Correct Answer:

(B) decrease afterload with balloon deflation and increase diastolic augmentation with balloon inflation.

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