The Frequency of Adverse Effects and Early Outcomes of Cardiac Catheterization in Children-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY & CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPY Abstract Diagnostic and interventional catheterization especially is invasive procedures that naturally can occur with risks and side effects for patients. This article examines the prevalence and detection of unpleasant side effects and early outcomes occurred deals by angiography. The study performed in patients undergoing angiography in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in children department at one year. 372 patients, including 185 men and 187 women underwent angiography, which were 172 diagnostic angiography and 200 were interventional angiography. Among these patients, 105 had cyanotic heart disease, and 267 patients were non-cyanotic. Of the patients, 18 patients (5%) had unpleasant side effects or bad early outcome during angiography include (emboli of breaking wires and interventional devices in the body, death, drug allergies, fever and bleeding and need to blood transf...