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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 42, 697-698, Copyright © 1986 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Intraaortic balloon entrapment: a complication of balloon perforation

E Milgalter, M Mosseri, G Uretzky and H Romanoff

A patient in whom perforation of a percutaneously inserted intraaortic balloon resulted in a clot formation inside the balloon is described. The balloon could not be withdrawn percutaneously and was lodged in the femoral artery. It was removed surgically, and the artery was repaired.

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