Prevention of Complications of Coronary Arteriography

Prevention of complications of coronary arteriography.

The complications of coronary arteriography.

A nationwide survey was undertaken to determine the rate of complications due to coronary arteriography during 1970-71. The responses from 173 hospitals-including a total of 46,904 coronary arteriograms-were analyzed in relationship to the technique employed and to the number of examinations performed at each hospital during the two-year period. The overall mortality rate was 0.45% (brachial 0....

The Complications of Coronary Arteriography By DOUGLASS

A nationwide survey was undertaken to determine the rate of complications due to coronary arteriography during 1970-71. The responses from 173 hospitals-including a total of 46,904 coronary arteriograms-were analyzed in relationship to the technique employed and to the number of examinations performed at each hospital during the two-year period. The overall mortality rate was 0.45% (brachial 0....

Complications of selective percutaneous transfemoral coronary arteriography and their prevention. A review of 445 consecutive examinations.

SUMMARY Complications encountered during a typical 12-month period of routine work witlh the Judkins percutaneous transfemoral method of selective coronary arteriography are reviewed. In 445 examinations, 20 complicationis (16 local and four cardiac) occurred. Local complications included nine delayed hemorrhages, five thromboses of femoral arteries, and two peripheral emboli. Cardiac complicat...

Major complications of coronary arteriography: the place of cardiac surgery.

The records of the catheter laboratory at St George's Hospital between 1983-1988 were reviewed to determine how often emergency coronary bypass surgery was performed because of a complication arising during elective coronary arteriography. A total of 11,216 cardiac procedures were performed; 5781 were confined to left ventricular angiography and coronary arteriography in patients with suspected...