A ruptured balloon shaft during an angioplasty

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• balloon shaft rupture
• complications
• percutaneous coronary intervention
• trapping technique