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Management of intraaortic balloon entrapment
Y Fukushima1, M Yoshioka, N Hirayama
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, Japan.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
Two cases of intraaortic balloon entrapment were presented. In patient 1, urokinase was injected into the gas driver lumen of the intraaortic balloon catheter, then it could be removed. In patient 2, the intraaortic balloon was removed retrogradely through the left axillary artery. If the entrapped intraaortic balloon is encountered, it is effective to try a clot-lysis method initially, followed by a surgical approach through a left axillary artery.