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A ruptured balloon shaft during an angioplasty.


ABSTRACT: We report a case of balloon shaft rupture during percutaneous coronary intervention. Although the entrapped balloon was not yet deflated when the complication occurred, we successfully retrieved it percutaneously using a trapping technique. This case described a cheap and straightforward technique of device retrieval that helped save our patient.

SUBMITTER: Hammami R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9723256 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A ruptured balloon shaft during an angioplasty.

Hammami Rania R   Ellouze Tarek T   Bahloul Amine A   Abid Leila L  

Clinical case reports 20221205 12


We report a case of balloon shaft rupture during percutaneous coronary intervention. Although the entrapped balloon was not yet deflated when the complication occurred, we successfully retrieved it percutaneously using a trapping technique. This case described a cheap and straightforward technique of device retrieval that helped save our patient. ...[more]

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