Indications for coronary arteriography.

Indications and Value of Coronary Arteriography

D URING THE PAST decade, significant improvements have evolved in our approach to the problems of the patient with coronary heart disease. The fundamental reason for these changes has been the establishment of an improved basic standard of diagnosis, selective coronary arteriography. At this point in time, selective coronary arteriography has been generally accepted as a useful technic for demo...

Indications and value of coronary arteriography.

D URING THE PAST decade, significant improvements have evolved in our approach to the problems of the patient with coronary heart disease. The fundamental reason for these changes has been the establishment of an improved basic standard of diagnosis, selective coronary arteriography. At this point in time, selective coronary arteriography has been generally accepted as a useful technic for demo...

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.