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. 2016 Mar 21;46(2):246–255. doi: 10.4070/kcj.2016.46.2.246

Table 3. Incidence of complications of cardiac catheterization.

Mild Moderate Severe Total
Death 4 (0.19) 4 (0.19)
Arrhythmia 8 (0.39) 14 (0.68) 10 (0.48) 32 (1.55)
Circulatory 7 (0.34) 4 (0.19) 5 (0.24) 16 (0.77)
Vascular thrombus 15 (0.72) 14 (0.68) 29 (1.40)
Embolism 0 (0.00) 1 (0.05) 1 (0.05)
Vascular bleeding 21 (1.01) 3 (0.14) 0 (0.00) 24 (1.16)
Allergic 10 (0.48) 2 (0.10) 0 (0.00) 12 (0.58)
Respiratory 38 (1.83) 8 (0.39) 1 (0.05) 47 (2.27)
Fever 94 (4.54) 0 (0.00) 94 (4.54)
Gastrointestinal 51 (2.46) 51 (2.46)
Cardiac perforation 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.05) 1 (0.05)
Catheter related 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.05) 1 (0.05)
Intervention balloon related 2 (0.10) 2 (0.10) 0 (0.00) 4 (0.19)
Device or coil related 2 (0.10) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.05) 3 (0.14)
Back pain 11 (0.53) 11 (0.53)
Others 5 (0.24) 5 (0.24)
Total 264 (12.75) 47 (2.27) 24 (1.16) 335 (16.22)

Values are n (%). The complication data was calculated as overlapping if there were multiple complications. The percentage was calculated by dividing by the total procedure number, 2071