title: Detachment of balloon in an infant: a rare complication of balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty.
abstract: A 3-month-old infant with severe tetralogy of Fallot underwent percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty. After the successful dilatation, the balloon could not be deflated completely and the partial deflated balloon was totally peeled off from the catheter at the junction of inferior vena cava and right common iliac vein when we attempted to move it out. The skin of the balloon was successfully retrieved with a snared guidewire without sequel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Meng
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000628:therapy*