EFFECT OF PRETREATMENT WITH DEXTRAN 70 ON PLATELET ADHESIVENESS AND THROMBOEMBOLIC COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS ARTERIAL CATHERISATION

This investigation was made in an attempt to establish whether reduced platelet adhesiveness, achieved by pre-infusion of dextran 70, would lead to a reduction of the thromboembolism that frequently follows percutaneous catheterisation for coronary angiography. Thromboembolism occurred in 8 % of the patients examined without previous treatment but in none of the patients treated with dextran 70. © 1969, The Foundation Acta Radiologica. All rights reserved.