• J Med Case Rep · Jun 2014

    Case Reports

    Intestinal cholesterol embolism resulting from intra-aortic balloon pumping: a case report.

    • Satoshi Yamaguchi, Masanori Kakazu, and Arasaki Osamu.
    • Department of Cardiology, Tomishiro Central Hospital, 25 Ueta, Tomishiro-shi, Okinawa, Japan. satoshi-yamaguchi@umin.ac.jp.
    • J Med Case Rep. 2014 Jun 20; 8: 213.

    IntroductionIntra-aortic balloon pumping is used in elective percutaneous coronary intervention for increasing coronary blood flow. However, intra-aortic balloon pumping may decrease visceral blood flow and cause mesenteric ischemia by visceral artery obstruction.Case PresentationWe report the case of a 79-year-old Asian man in whom elective percutaneous coronary intervention was performed with intra-aortic balloon pumping. He died from mesenteric ischemia 25 hours after the procedure. Microscopic findings showed that intra-aortic balloon pumping had detached the aortic plaque, breaking it into systemic emboli, leading to subsequent intestinal ischemia and necrosis.ConclusionsWe conclude that intra-aortic balloon pumping can cause an intestinal cholesterol embolism.

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