The Abuse of Coronary Arteriography

IT has been well observed that by solving one problem one usually creates the next. Coronary arteriography is a current example of the solution-turned-problem, since the procedure by its character slips through the net of controls designed by the medical profession to protect the public. Coronary arteriography, of course, is a superb diagnostic technique that, when done under appropriate circumstances by competent physicians, can yield enormously useful information with minimal and quite acceptable morbidity and mortality. However, when one considers that no tissue is removed for review, that the indications for the procedure are not well defined and are often . . .