While attempting to remove a circumferentially ruptured balloon following branch pulmonary artery angioplasty, the shaft of the catheter broke, leaving the distal portion of the balloon and catheter in the femoral vein but still on the exchange wire. We describe a method to retrieve the broken balloon catheter via the contralateral femoral vein.
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