Case Report

Intra-aortic balloon-pump rupture and entrapment

George K. Brodell, MD, E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Steven J. Weiss, MD and Conrad Simpfendorfer, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 1989, 56 (7) 740-742;

ABSTRACT

The authors report a case of intra-aortic balloon rupture and entrapment in a patient with extensive vascular disease. The balloon was subsequently removed percutaneously. A review of the diagnosis and management of this unusual complication is presented.

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  • Received August 1988.
  • Accepted November 1988.
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