Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

Publications

• Case Report
  Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Entrapment in a Transfemoral Sheath:Successful Management with Retrograde Transradial Wiring and Externalization
  Author(s): Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Massimo Mancone, Antonino GM Marullo, Mariangela Peruzzi, Elena Cavarretta and Giacomo FratiGiuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Massimo Mancone, Antonino GM Marullo, Mariangela Peruzzi, Elena Cavarretta and Giacomo Frati
  
  Mechanical circulatory support by means of Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) is an established therapeutic means in high-risk patients undergoing coronary revascularization (e.g. due to severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction) or those with cardiogenic shock refractory to medical therapy. Despite its remarkable safety profile, complications during IABP deployment still occur, and may be life-threatening, especially because of the underlying risk of those receiving such device. Indeed, the IABP balloon may occasionally become entrapped in the transfemoral sheath during delivery. We hereby report a case in which IABP entrapment in a transfemoral sheath during initial delivery was successfully managed by means of retrograde wiring with an exchange-length 0.018” guide wire delivered through a transradial sheath. This clinical vignette provides evidence that a simple technical tr.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9517.1000103

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