Perforation of the descending aorta by the tip of an intra-aortic balloon pump catheter

Circulation Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 423-424

  Ryo, Shiraishi ^a   Yukio, Okazaki ^b   Kozo, Naito ^b   Tsuyoshi, Itoh ^b  

^a Shiroishi Kyouritsu Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Intra aortic balloon pump; Perforation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA BALLOON; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART RUPTURE; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0036238398     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.66.423     Document Type: Article

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