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  • Title: Paraplegia following percutaneous insertion of an intra-aortic balloon.
    Author: Rose DM, Jacobowitz IJ, Acinapura AJ, Cunningham JN.
    Journal: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 1984 May; 87(5):788-9. PubMed ID: 6717054.
    Abstract:
    Paraplegia following insertion of an intra-aortic balloon is an extremely rare and unusual complication with only one previous report in the literature. We recently encountered this problem in a man with severe coronary disease and unstable angina. The etiology of this complication, although never established in our patient, was most likely a critical occlusion of a spinal cord artery as a result of either a small dissection or an arterial embolus.
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