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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004;26:830
© 2004 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Imminent dislodgement of atheromatous aortic plaque during insertion of a balloon catheter prevented by transoesophageal echocardiography

^a Department of Cardiac Surgery, Glenfield General Hospital, Groby Rd, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK
^b Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK

Received 13 April 2004; accepted 18 May 2004.

^* Corresponding author. Tel.: +44-116-2871471; fax: +44-116-2321282
e-mail: alexiou486@aol.com

Key Words: CABG • Balloon catheter • Transoesophageal echocardiography

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A 63-year-old male required insertion of an intra-aortic balloon catheter following CABG. Attempts to advance the catheter were . . . [Full Text of this Article]