Open AccessAortic Balloon Entrapment Complicating Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation
Author(s) -
Gérard Babatasi,
Massimo Massetti,
Satar Bhoyroo,
Olivier Le Page,
A Khayat
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
asaio journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.961
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1538-943X
pISSN - 1058-2916
DOI - 10.1097/00002480-199909000-00027
Subject(s) - entrapment , medicine , balloon , balloon catheter , surgery , catheter , cardiology , intra aortic balloon pumping , anastomosis , radiology , myocardial infarction , cardiogenic shock
Short-term balloon counterpulsation may be complicated by aortic balloon entrapment. We report a patient in whom video-coronary surgery was performed using beating heart anastomosis. This patient developed intra-aortic balloon (IAB) entrapment 4 days after initiation of the counterpulsation previously implanted for a preoperative low ejection fraction. No limb ischaemia was detected, but urgent removal of the balloon catheter is mandatory if blood is detected in the tubing connecting the balloon to the console, even in the presence of adequate function of the IAB assistance.