Check urine output every hour. The balloon can migrate to the renal artery. Check the left radial artery. Take chest Xray flat. MAP most important.
Limb ischemia is the most common complication.
Keep blood pressure low. If bleeding- press one inch above site. Do not press on site. The IABP inflates and deflates in the patients descending aorta allowing an increase in oxygen supply to the myocardium, decreases workload of the left ventricle and increases cardiac output and perfusion of the vital organs. The balloon is to be positioned in the descending thoracic aorta just distal to the subclavian artery.