Terada Y, Yosida K, Saito T, Fukuda S, Wanibuchi Y, Yamaguchi T, Kanou T
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsuim Memorial Hospital.
Kyobu Geka. 1991 May;44(5):414-6.
This is a report of a rare complication of intraaortic balloon pumping (IABP). A 71-year-old woman with ischemic heart disease and severe atherosclerosis had experienced a difficulty in removing the catheter of IABP because of coagula formed in the balloon and treated surgically by arteriotomy. The coagula was formed from blood entering into the balloon through a pin hole, which was most likely suspected to be made during insertion procedure or coronary angiography and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedure done under IABP.