http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/09/03/danger-of-angiogram-risks-of-angiography/#comment-6832 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:55:30 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/09/03/danger-of-angiogram-risks-of-angiography/#comment-6832 I know personally four people who had catastrophic strokes due to angiograms. If the risk of serious side-effects from this procedure is so low (one web site says .03% - .3%) what is the statistical liklihood that one non-medical person (I) could personally know four people whose lives were ruined by this procedure? I believe the risk to be much higher. Besides, out of one million procedures, a risk level of .3% is 3,000 people. That's about as many as were killed in the World Trade Center towers. No thanks. I know personally four people who had catastrophic strokes due to angiograms. If the risk of serious side-effects from this procedure is so low (one web site says .03% - .3%) what is the statistical liklihood that one non-medical person (I) could personally know four people whose lives were ruined by this procedure? I believe the risk to be much higher. Besides, out of one million procedures, a risk level of .3% is 3,000 people. That’s about as many as were killed in the World Trade Center towers. No thanks.

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