This event is being reported per the publication (by francis and taylor group) originating from the (b)(6), and where it was reported a patient (male, (b)(6)) with inferior st elevation myocardial infarction (stemi); suffered from spinal cord infarction and subsequent paraplegia (i.E.Paralysis of the legs and lower body) after intra-aortic balloon (iab) therapy.The hospital and although there is no scientific data to date supporting the claim, suggests in the publication the iab therapy could potentially have been the cause for the spinal cord infarction and subsequent paraplegia in patient.It should also be mentioned, during the time the patient was receiving iab therapy no malfunction of the intra-aortic balloon pump (iabp) was reported and the patient was eventually removed from iab therapy once the patient was found to be hemodynamically stable and after a transthoracic echocardiogram was performed.For further information please refer the aforementioned publication by the francis and taylor group (publisher article acceptance date 16aug2016), titled spinal cord infarction post cardiac arrest in stemi: a potential complication of intra-aortic balloon pump use'.This report is being opened as a iabp complaint because the article clearly stated that a maquet iabp pump was involved in the event, however no alleged malfunction of the pump was reported.The injury is associated with a balloon however there were no reports of a maquet balloon being utilized in therapy.
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