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Risks
By Mayo Clinic staffAs with most procedures done on your heart and blood vessels, coronary angiogram does pose some risk. Major complications are rare, though. Potential risks and complications include:
- Heart attack
- Stroke
- Injury to the catheterized artery
- Irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias)
- Allergic reactions to the dye or medications used during the procedure
- A tear in your heart or artery
- Kidney damage
- Excessive bleeding
- Infection
- Blood clots
- Radiation exposure from the X-rays
References
- Eastwood J. Nurse's role in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. In: Moser DK, et al. Cardiac Nursing: A companion to Braunwald's heart disease. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:339.
- Barbara Woodward Lips Patient Education Center. About your heart-catheter procedures. Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 2005.
- Angiogram. Society for Vascular Surgery. http://www.vascularweb.org/patients/NorthPoint/Angiogram.html. Accessed Jan. 27, 2009.
- Cardiac catheterization. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/cath/cath_all.html. Accessed Jan. 27, 2009.
- Coronary angiography. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/ca/ca_all.html. Accessed Jan. 27, 2009.
- Kern MJ, et al. Physiological Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Circulation. 2006;114:1321.
