Complications of Angiography

Abstract

14 complications of cerebral angiography are described, as follows[long dash]3 fatalities, 4 cases of hemiplegia with permanent deficits, 2 cases of transitory hemiplegia, 2 cases of convulsions, 1 case of carotid artery thrombosis, 1 case of injury to the cervical sympathetic chain and 1 case of diodrast skin sensitivity. Cerebral thrombosis secondary to irritative vasospasm is suggested as the important pathological etiology, technical details in the performance of arteriography being secondary factors.