[Analysis of 51 cases of medical disputes in death after percutaneous coronary intervention].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the causes and features of medical disputes in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the cardiology and to provide references for forensic expert testimony and medical disputes prevention.


METHODS
Fifty one disputed fatal cases in PCI were analyzed in terms of the cause of death, informed consent and medical operations retrospectively.


RESULTS
Thirty five cases were due to medical negligence, 28 due to defect technical operation, 2 due to mistake medical management and 5 due to both defect technical operation and mistake medical management.


CONCLUSIONS
The causes of PCI medical negligence are defect medical operation, violate medical disciplines and insufficiency of informed consent.
Qingdao Zhengyuan Forensic Judical Appraisal Institute, Qingdao 266071, China. xxmczwz@163.com
Su-li
SL
Kong
Zhen-shan
ZS
Liu
Wen-zhong
WZ
Zhang
Xing-guo
XG
Xiao
Xian-feng
XF
Ning
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D002423:Cause of Death; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005104:Expert Testimony; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies