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To: Ga Bard who wrote (1193)	5/2/1998 3:08:00 AM
From: Simon Templar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9440

ABMI.... I work in an intensive care unit. The hospital I work for does hundreds of heart caths and coronary interventions each year. I asked our cardiologists, we have 6 that do these proceedures daily, if they have ever heard of someone having a reaction to the catheter. They said no. As allergic reactions go, we are primarily concerned when a patient is allergic to the contrast dye which MUST be used in these proceedures. The dye is injected directly into the heart and coronary arteries so that pictures can be obtained with a fluoroscope. When someone is allergic to the dye they are simply given antihistamines and solumedrol, a steroid, the night before and the day of the proceedure to counter the bodies natural immune response. I have never seen or used any of their products in our hospital, so I am not really in a position to comment on how effective they are at what they are designed to do. I simply wanted to say that I personally have never seen or heard of a patient that has had an allergic reaction to the catheter during a proceedure. ST