Percutaneous puncture of a nondeflatable coronary artery angioplasty balloon.
We report a case in which a balloon catheter became permanently inflated in a coronary artery saphenous vein bypass graft. While still inflated, the balloon was forcibly withdrawn from the graft into the external iliac artery and successfully deflated via percutaneous puncture using a CHIBA needle.
Forcier
N J
NJ
Department of Diagnostic Imaging/Radiology, Sinai Hospital of Detroit, Michigan.
Cascade
P N
PN
Maltzman
J B
JB
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D011677:Punctures; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation