title: Contralateral femoral vein removal of a circumferentially ruptured balloon-catheter following pulmonary artery angioplasty.
abstract: While attempting to remove a circumferentially ruptured balloon following branch pulmonary artery angioplasty, the shaft of the catheter broke, leaving the distal portion of the balloon and catheter in the femoral vein but still on the exchange wire. We describe a method to retrieve the broken balloon catheter via the contralateral femoral vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego Medical Center 92103.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rothman
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000601:surgery*