RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intra-aortic balloon-pump rupture and entrapment
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 740
OP 742
VO 56
IS 7
A1 Brodell, George K.
A1 Tuzcu, E. Murat
A1 Weiss, Steven J.
A1 Simpfendorfer, Conrad
YR 1989
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/56/7/740.abstract
AB 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.