title: [Assessment of causality in fatal incidents in relation to coronary angiography].
abstract: Among 2,353 coronary angiographies (from 1.10.1984 until 30.9.1987) four lethal cases were seen. In two cases there was evidence for a causal relationship between coronary angiography and the lethal outcome (0.9%). Possible mechanisms of death are discussed. The clinical course and the time sequence between coronary angiography and the death are considered to be important criteria of a causal relationship.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin, Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naumann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prokop
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Du Chesne
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Duck
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013382:Subtraction Technique
vernacular_title: Zur Problematik der Kausalitätsbeurteilung bei tödlichen Zwischenfällen in Verbindung mit Koronarangiographien.