## Abstract The cost of and hospitalization required for cardiac catheterization led us to evaluate this procedure in 308 adult outpatients. Patients were scheduled on the basis of stability of symptoms. Two hundred eightyβeight underwent left heart catheterizations and coronary arteriography. Nine
Complications associated with cardiac catheterization and angiography
β Scribed by Kennedy, J. Ward ;,
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 355 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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