Table of Contents
- Overview
- Results
- Risks
- Prevention
- Images
Angiography - right heart
What the risks are
- Cardiac
arrhythmias Cardiac tamponade -
Embolism from blood clots at the tip of the catheter Heart attack - Hemorrhage
- Infection
- Kidney damage
- Low blood pressure
- Reaction to contrast dye
Stroke - Trauma to the vein or artery
Special considerations
This test may be combined with
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Right heart ventriculography Prevention
Review Date: 05/22/2010
Reviewed By: Issam Mikati, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School
of Medicine, Director, Northwestern Clinic Echocardiography Lab,
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed
Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
