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

Jonathan Cohen Department of General Intensive CareCorrespondence[email protected]

Zaza Iakobishvili Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Campus Beilinson, Petah Tikva, and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

David Hasdai Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Campus Beilinson, Petah Tikva, and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Maurie Shapiro Department of General Intensive Care

Alexander Battler Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Campus Beilinson, Petah Tikva, and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Pierre Singer Department of General Intensive Care

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.

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