title: Percutaneous puncture of a nondeflatable coronary artery angioplasty balloon.
abstract: 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 While still inflated, the balloon was forcibly withdrawn from the graft into the external iliac artery and successfully deflated via percutaneous puncture using a CHIBA needle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging/Radiology, Sinai Hospital of Detroit, Michigan.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Forcier
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Cascade
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Maltzman
mesh_terms: 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