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The Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump

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Intraaortic Balloon Pump Rupture.

Nino Mihatov¹, David M Dudzinski

¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, 55 Fruit Street, GRB 740, Boston, MA 02114 USA. nmihatov@partners.org.

The Journal of Invasive Cardiology

|September 3, 2015

Summary

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Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) rupture is a rare complication. Blood in the IABP driveline is a key indicator of this serious event, often caused by balloon material abrasion.

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Cardiovascular Medicine
Medical Device Technology
Surgical Complications

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IABP rupture, though infrequent (1% incidence), poses significant risks.

Atherosclerotic plaque abrasion is the presumed mechanism for IABP material failure.