Timing
Physiological Effect
Waveform Features
Waveform
Late Inflation 1
  • Inflation of the IAB markedly after closure of the aortic valve
  • Reduction in duration of diastolic augmentation Suboptimal coronary artery perfusion
  • Balloon inflates after the dicrotic notch
  • Absence of sharp ‘V’ in the trace with reduced height of the diastolic augmentation peak