title: Intraaortic balloon entrapment: a complication of balloon perforation.
abstract: A patient in whom perforation of a percutaneously inserted intraaortic balloon resulted in a clot formation inside the balloon is described. The balloon could not be withdrawn percutaneously and was lodged in the femoral artery. It was removed surgically, and the artery was repaired.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors