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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1972-1-13
pubmed:abstractText
Coronary arteriography has become a diagnostic procedure which is no longer limited to major medical centers but is being performed in many community hospitals. The procedure carries an appreciable risk, which is only justifiable by specific benefits to the patient. The benefits are related to the potential availability of newer surgical procedures of bypassing obstructive coronary arterial lesions. A specific set of criteria for the performance of coronary arteriography has been developed from a critical analysis of the ratio of risk to benefit. A survey of the risk of coronary arteriography indicates that mortality increases at least twentyfold and morbidity sixfold when this procedure is performed in laboratories with a low caseload as compared with high caseload institutions. Thus there appears to be no justification for performing coronary arteriography in the absence of proper team facilities.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0008-1264
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1971
pubmed:articleTitle
Indications for coronary arteriography: risks vs. benefits.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article