Analysis of 51 cases of medical disputes in death after percutaneous coronary intervention / 法医学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the causes and features of medical disputes in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the cardiology and to provide references for forensic expert testimony and medical disputes prevention.@*METHODS@#Fifty one disputed fatal cases in PCI were analyzed in terms of the cause of death, informed consent and medical operations retrospectively.@*RESULTS@#Thirty five cases were due to medical negligence, 28 due to defect technical operation, 2 due to mistake medical management and 5 due to both defect technical operation and mistake medical management.@*CONCLUSION@#The causes of PCI medical negligence are defect medical operation, violate medical disciplines and insufficiency of informed consent.