Successful stent-grafting for perforation of the thoracic aorta by an intraaortic balloon pump
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Jorge Martinell; Maria Luz Polo; Javier Moya; Julian Fraile; Victor Bautista-Hernandez
- Source
- The Annals of thoracic surgery. 73(3)
- Subject
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Aortography
medicine.medical_treatment
Perforation (oil well)
Aorta, Thoracic
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping
Balloon
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
medicine.artery
medicine
Thoracic aorta
Humans
Intraoperative Complications
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Stent
Middle Aged
Left Common Iliac Artery
Surgery
surgical procedures, operative
cardiovascular system
Stents
Radiology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Complication
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0003-4975
Vascular complications associated with intraaortic balloon pump placement are quite common and predominantly related to femoral or iliac damage. Iatrogenic injury of the thoracic aorta is less usual and often fatal. Surgery for the lesions of the descending thoracic aorta still has a relatively high morbidity and mortality. Endovascular covered stent-graft prostheses have become a less invasive therapeutic approach to lesions of the thoracic aorta, especially in patients with high surgical risk. We describe a case of perforation of the thoracic aorta caused by an intraaortic balloon pump. The injury was confirmed by aortography and successfully repaired by implantation of an endovascular stent-graft via the left common iliac artery.