Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Feb 2024)

Case Report: A 42-year-old male with IABP developing multiple organ embolism and intestinal necrosis

  • Wanying Yang,
  • Jing Lu,
  • Ting Du,
  • Lulin Sha,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Xin Wang,
  • Qian Gong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1335912
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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We report a 42-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and subsequently underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for revascularization. The patient was transferred to the cardiac intensive care unit for intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) due to frequent malignant arrhythmia after PCI. Then the patient experienced the most severe complications of IABP, including multiple organ embolism and intestinal necrosis. This report highlights the rare serious complications of IABP and the challenges encountered in handling this complex case.

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