Coronary arteriography--it took a long time!

Coronary arteriography in long-term human cardiac transplantation survivors.

Coronary arterial lesions in survivors of cardiac transplantation result from accelerated coronary atherosclerosis. Clinical recognition of this event is difficult but essential for long-term management and prognostication. Coronary arteriography was performed on 30 occasions in a group of 16 patients 1-4 years after cardiac transplantation. Fifteen patients had normal coronary arteries at one ...

Safety of coronary arteriography.

The mortality and morbidity of coronary arteriography are presented with particular reference to the relative safety of the Sones as compared with the Judkins technique. There were 6 deaths in 400 investigations (i *5%), and all occurred with the3Judkins technique. The morbidity is analysedfor the last 250 investigations; cardiac infarction and serious dysrhythmias were more common with the Jud...

Selective coronary arteriography.

The technique of selective coronary arteriography, as described originally by Sones, was employed in 255 patients. Successful catheterization of both coronary arteries was carried out in 88% of these patients, and in the last 100 examinations both coronary arteries were entered in 95 patients. Selective coronary arteriography is a useful diagnostic tool but is a potentially hazardous form of ex...

Technics of coronary arteriography.

A half century of selective coronary arteriography.

The first "selective" coronary arteriogram was made 50 years ago by Dr. F. Mason Sones at the Cleveland Clinic. Soon afterward coronary arteriography was developed as a diagnostic method suitable for widespread clinical application. This method has revolutionized our understanding of coronary artery disease and has become the basis for selecting and evaluating therapeutic interventions. This Vi...