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Neurologic complications of angiography for cerebrovascular disease

Department of Radiology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco.

A recent study reported a 12.2% incidence of cerebral complications (5.2% permanent) after cerebral angiography in 147 patients. Because this was markedly different from our experience, we initiated a retrospective study of 301 patients who had undergone cerebral angiography for hemisphere transient ischemia or amaurosis fugax. There was only a 1.3% rate of transient complications (none perma) in our patients. The benefits of cerebral angiography in patients with suspected cerebrovascular occlusive disease overwhelm the small potential risk of the procedure.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Eisenberg, Radiology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121.

Accepted for publication October 25, 1979.

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