Complications of cardiac angiography using low- or high-osmolality contrast agents in patients with left main coronary stenosis

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 376-379

  Kussmaul III, William G ^a   Mishra, Jagdish P ^a   Matthai, William H ^b   Hirshfeld Jr , John W ^c  

^a ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac catheterization; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031470009     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199712)42:4<376::AID-CCD3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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