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Ann Thorac Surg 1976;21:566-567
© 1976 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Removal of Intraaortic Balloon without Vascular Complications

Ernest E. Moore, M.D., Bruce Broecker, M.D., James E. DeMeules, M.D.*, Laurence H. Coffin, M.D.

Department of Surgery, Section of Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery, and the Mary Fletcher Unit, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Accepted for publication June 3, 1975.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. DeMeules, Mary Fletcher Unit, MCHV, Burlington, VT 05401

A technique for inserting and removing the intraaortic balloon pump without vascular complications is described. Prevention of clot formation at the graft-arterial junction, preservation of collateral circulation by insertion in the common femoral artery, removal of potentially infected graft material, and enlargement of the common femoral artery by patch angioplasty are important factors.




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