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Intraaortic balloon catheter support following coronary bypass surgery can result in a rare complication of the catheter peeling off and becoming entrapped in the femoral artery.
This case report highlights a rare complication of intraaortic balloon catheter entrapment in the femoral artery following coronary bypass surgery.
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.
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Hakan Aydın (2004) studied this question. Intraaortic balloon catheter support following coronary bypass surgery can result in a rare complication of the catheter peeling off and becoming entrapped in the femoral artery.
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