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Fig. 3

From: CT and chest radiography in evaluation of mechanical circulatory support devices for acute heart failure

Fig. 3

Complication from low IABP. AP chest radiograph (a) of a patient with an intra-aortic balloon pump. The upper radiopaque marker is below the carina (white arrow) which suggests a low position. Sagittal image (b) of a contrast enhanced chest and abdomen CT at the level of the celiac trunk and superior mesenteric artery (SMA) origin demonstrates high grade obstruction of the SMA and celiac trunk ostia by the distended IABP. Axial CT image (c) identifies complication from hypoperfusion: pneumatosis and contained perforation of the cecum (white arrow), due to the hypoperfusion from the high grade celiac trunk and SMA ostial occlusion. (IABP—Intra-aortic balloon pump)

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