A peeled off and entrapped intraaortic balloon catheter in the femoral artery: an unusual complication.
The intraaortic balloon is the most commonly used support device during perioperative period of cardiac surgery. A rare complication after its use is entrapment. In this case-report we present a 70-year-old man who had undergone coronary bypass and needed intraaortic balloon support early in the postoperative period with an extraordinary complication.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bayindir Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. nhaydin@e-kolay.net
Hakan
H
Aydin
Ozer
O
Kandemir
Serdar
S
Günaydin
Yaman
Y
Zorlutuna