title: Thrombosis of the abdominal aorta. A rare complication of the intraaortic balloon pumping device.
abstract: We describe a patient who died due to thrombosis of the abdominal aorta and its branches after placement of an intraaortic balloon pumping device. This rare complication, which occurred despite careful insertion technique, underscores the need to select balloon size as a function of the individual patient's morphology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sainte-Marguerite Hospital, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leude
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vaillant
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nazet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Collart
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosset
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Malmejac
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery