Annals Graphic Medicine - Patient-Informed Consent

Informed Consent before coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention from the patient’s perspective: A picture is worth a thousand words

“…The study protocol and primary endpoints of the main trial have been published [3] . In brief, a patient broschure using medical graphic narratives to illustrate central steps of the procedure, risks, treatment alternatives, and behavioral measures was created in collaboration with scientific illustrators [4] . For this randomized monocentric pilot trial, we recruited consecutive patients undergoing first-time elective coronary angiography with potential PCI between October 2016 and January 2018 at the Clinic of Cardiology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Campus Mitte [3] .…”

Interactions between Medicine and the Arts

“…Comic art is used to help deliver healthcare services, but also for training and communication purposes [202]. Another example from clinical practice is a piece of comic art used to provide patients with information about cardiac catheterization at Charité -Berlin, which has been shown to improve patient understanding and reduce anxiety [203]. An increasingly important area of healthcare is medical histories from the point of view of the patients (graphic pathographies).…”