<unk>  pressure curve in the presence of an<unk>  Vital parameters recorded during a 1:2 counter-pulsation Absolute contraindication The following conditions will always exclude patients for treatment: * Severe<unk>  valve insufficiency *<unk>  dissection * Severe aortoiliac occlusive disease and bilateral carotid stenosis Relative contraindication The following conditions make<unk>  therapy inadvisable except under pressing circumstances: * Prosthetic vascular grafts in the aorta *<unk>  aneurysm * Aortofemoral grafts * Sepsis
Intra-aortic balloon pump
Corticotomy
Aortic cross-clamp
Balloon tamponade
Pericardial window
Mechanical filter 
Cardiopulmonary bypass
Pericardiocentesis