Hemostasis with emergently modified application of intra-aortic balloon occlusion in a patient with impending cardiac arrest following blunt proximal thigh amputation.

Kotaro UchidaHiroshi HommaJun OdaTetsuo YukiokaNoriko NagaiShiro MishimaShoichi Ohta

Published in: Acute medicine & surgery (2014)

We report the successful control of bleeding by the emergently modified application of intra-aortic balloon occlusion in the left common iliac artery.

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
aortic valve
left ventricular
pulmonary artery
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
aortic dissection
atrial fibrillation
endovascular treatment
trauma patients