Comparison of Adverse Event Rates
- Category: About CEUS
| Major Adverse Events With Common Cardiovascular Tests | ||
|---|---|---|
| Procedure | Adverse Event(s) | Risk |
| Coronary angiography | Death | 1/1,000 |
| Dobutamine stress test | MI, VF | 1/2,000 |
| Exercise stress test | MI or death | 1/2,500 |
|
SPECT (nuclear) exam or radionuclide ventriculography |
Fatal malignancy | 1/1,000 - 1/10,000 |
| Iodinated contrast agents |
Life-threatening reactions (potential or immediate) |
HO - 1/500 LO - 1/5,000 |
| Ultrasound contrast agents |
Anaphylactoid reaction Severe fatal allergic reaction |
1/15,000 1/500,000 |
“(T)he literature does not support the occurrence of systemic, predictable, adverse events during contrast echocardiography. Consequently, to quote Sherlock Holmes: ‘When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.’ Thus, contrary to our fears and against odds, contrast echocardiography appears to be safe in humans. We should use it to improve patient care.”
 Presentation of CEUS Safety | 1010 Kb |
