Coronary angiography--a curative procedure?
There is increasing evidence, currently mainly subjective that, in addition to the diagnostic role; coronary angiography may have some degree of therapeutic effect, at least in some patients. Patients' experiences and known biological properties of the contrast media lend credence to this possibility and should be a spur for proper studies of the hypothesis.
Department of Basic Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Warsaw Medical University, 27 Ciołka St., 01-445 Warsaw, Poland. akrupienicz@wum.edu.pl
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D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological
D003287:Contrast Media