Demonstrates the feasibility of nonsurgical retrieval for a ruptured and fractured intra-aortic balloon catheter, avoiding the need for surgical intervention.
May offer nonsurgical alternative for select fractured intra-aortic balloon catheters; leaves open need for safety data.
The possibility of rupture of an intra-aortic balloon has been theorized since its introduction and confirmed by recent reports. Few incidents of fracture of an intra-aortic balloon catheter have been reported and in most of these cases the entrapped balloons were removed surgically. We report the successful nonsurgical removal of a ruptured, fractured intra-aortic balloon catheter.
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