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Case Reports
. 1993 Feb;44(2):152-5.
doi: 10.1177/000331979304400211.

Acute fatality following pulmonary angiography in a patient on an amiodarone regimen--a case report

E S Malden  1 , V M Tartar, F R Gutierrez
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Case Reports

Acute fatality following pulmonary angiography in a patient on an amiodarone regimen--a case report

E S Malden et al. Angiology. 1993 Feb.

Abstract

A patient being treated with amiodarone experienced acute respiratory failure and death immediately following pulmonary angiography. Physicians must be aware of the potential catastrophic complication of both ionic and nonionic contrast angiography in this setting.

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