Abdominal compartment syndrome complicating primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction

Jonathan Cohen*, Zaza Iakobishvili, David Hasdai, Maurie Shapiro, Alexander Battler, Pierre Singer

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Abstract

A case is presented of iliac artery perforation during percutaneous coronary intervention. This resulted in retroperitoneal bleeding complicated by the development of the abdominal compartment syndrome and multi-organ failure, which was successfully treated by abdominal decompression.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)238-240
Number of pages3
JournalAcute Cardiac Care
Volume8
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2006

Keywords

  • Abdominal compartment syndrome
  • Acute coronary syndrome
  • Bleeding
  • Complication
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention

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