Unexpected complication of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation via the ascending aorta: balloon migration.
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.
Santini
F
F
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Verona Medical School, Italy.
Bertolini
P
P
Rossi
A
A
Montalbano
G
G
Mazzucco
A
A
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*