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(Circulation. 1958;18:418.)
© 1958 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Perforation of the Heart during Cardiac Catheterization and Selective Angiocardiography

DORIS J. W. ESCHER M.D.¹; JEROME H. SHAPIRO M.D.¹; BERTA M. RUBINSTEIN M.D.¹; ELLIOTT S. HURWITT M.D.¹; SIDNEY P. SCHWARTZ M.D.¹

¹ From the Divisions of Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, and Surgery, Montefiore Hospital, New York, N. Y.

Perforation of the myocardium is rare during cardiac catheterization. The precautions to be exercised, particularly in regard to clinical management, are delineated in this communication.