Abstract
The frequency and type of complications in a material consisting of 832 suprasternal and/or percutaneous left ventricular punctures, 72 retrograde left ventricular catheterizations, and 152 transseptal left heart catheterizations performed in this laboratory are reported. The patient material consisted of 726 persons, mainly adults and older children. Two deaths occurred during the 1,056 investigations (0.19 per cent), one after a combined suprasternal and left ventricular puncture, and the other after a transseptal left heart catheterization. Serious complications were seen a total of 19 times (1.7 per cent), as shown in Table VIII.
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