COMPLICATIONS OF CARDIAC INVESTIGATION
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- 30 April 1963
- Vol. 25 (3), 334-342
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.25.3.334
Abstract
A review is presented of the significant complications of special cardiac investigations experienced by a pediatric cardiac investigatory unit during a period of 8 years. Six deaths resulting from such procedures are reported. Two deaths resulted from arrhythmia and 4 were associated with injection of radio-opaque dye. The importance of cerebral complications of various types is discussed. Cerebral complications arising in the presence of right-to-left shunt and with manipulations in the systemic circuit are described. The hazards of investigation of sick infants with serious congenital heart disease are also stressed.Keywords
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