resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA)

Indications

• abdominal bleeding or pelvic bleeding
  • ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • severe gastrointestinal bleeding
  • peripartum hemorrhage

Clinical significance

• lowers perfusion pressure to distal sites of severe hemorrhage
• increases afterload
• redistributes the remaining blood volume preferentially to heart & brain

Procedure

• endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta

More general terms

• arterial catheterization