Angiographic complications of vascular surgery in Imam Reza Hospital in Kermanshah 2010-2011

The aim of this study is to evaluate the complication rate of diagnostic and interventional angioplasty performed by vascular surgeon in Imam Reza Hospital in Kermanshah، in 2010-2011. In this descriptive –analytic study، 259 patients who underwent diagnostic interventional angiography in Imam Reza Hospital of Kermanshah were selected using convenience sampling. The data gathering tool was a pre- angiography form and a complication check list. The data were analyzed using SPSS-16 and Fishers and chi-square tests. In this study، 84. 3% of patients were male and 15. 7% were female. The most common method of vascular access was right Femoral angiography. The incidence rate of bleeding after angiography was 0. 77%، pseudo aneurysm was 0. 38%، regional hematoma was 0. 38% and infection was 0. 38%. The overall complication rates was 1. 9%.