Open AccessA peeled off and entrapped intraaortic balloon catheter in the femoral artery: an unusual complication
Author(s) -
Hakan Aydın
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1016/j.icvts.2004.01.006
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , perioperative , balloon , surgery , femoral artery , catheter , artery
The intraaortic balloon is the most commonly used support device during perioperative period of cardiac surgery. A rare complication after its use is entrapment. In this case-report we present a 70-year-old man who had undergone coronary bypass and needed intraaortic balloon support early in the postoperative period with an extraordinary complication.
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