title: Unexpected complication of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation via the ascending aorta: balloon migration.
abstract: A case of intraaortic balloon pump catheter migration after an ascending aortic insertion, occurring 16 h postoperatively in a 48 year old man after myocardial revascularization, is presented. The prevention and management of this rare but serious complication of intraaortic balloon pumping is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Verona Medical School, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bertolini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Montalbano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzucco
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*