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Delayed Fatal Pulmonary Hemorrhage Complicating Use of a Balloon Flotation Catheter

Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston City Hospital and Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

John A. Hayes, M.D. F.A.C.A.

Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston City Hospital and Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Dusan Dobnick, M.D.

Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

John R. McCormick

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

A case of delayed fatal pulmonary hemorrhage caused by a balloon flotation catheter is described. The catheter was inserted preoperatively. The patient died on the 14th postoperative day from massive hemorrhage in the right pleural space after 12 days without any clinical symptoms. Pulmonary artery rupture is documented by the autopsy findings.

Angiology, Vol. 36, No. 6, 358-362 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/000331978503600604


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