Contrast Media

Original Contribution

Electrocardiographic Response to Intravenous and Intraarterial Injection of Iosimenol (A New, Iodinated, Non-Ionic, Iso-Osmolar Contrast Medium)

10/30/2013

James J. Zhang , MD;

Joel Morganroth , MD;

Barry Hogstrom , MD;

The present study is a retrospective re-read and centralized analysis of the electrocardiographic response to intravenous and non-cardiac intraarterial injections of iosimenol, a new, iodine-based, non-ionic, iso-osmolar x-ray contrast media,...

The present study is a...

10/30/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

A Case of Contrast-Induced Pancreatitis Following Cardiac Catheterization

09/27/2013

Marcel E. Zughaib , MD, FACC;

Rony Gorges , MD;

Wael Ghalayini , MD;

Radiographic contrast agents (RCAs) are known to cause acute kidney injury. RCAs are also postulated to induce pancreatitis in experimental animal models. We present a patient with acute pancreatitis immediately following coronary angiography.

Radiographic contrast agents...

09/27/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Decrease in Coronary Flow After Consecutive Injections of Contrast Media During Coronary Angiography

06/26/2013

Ana Maria Krepsky , MD;

Marcelo Arndt , MD;

Vitor O. Gomes , MD, PhD;

Paulo Caramori , MD, PhD;

Researchers found significant impairment of coronary artery flow following contrast injections during angiography which may have implications for slow flow observed during coronary interventions.

Researchers found significant...

06/26/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Usefulness of N-acetylcysteine or Ascorbic Acid Versus Placebo to Prevent Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiac Catheterization: A Single-Center, Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

06/03/2013

Martin Brueck , MD;

Andreas Boening , MD;

Huelya Cengiz , MD;

Reinhard Hoeltgen , MD;

Marcus Wieczorek , MD;

Rolf-Hasso Boedeker , PhD;

Christine Scheibelhut ;

The preventive effects of N-acetylcysteine and ascorbic acid were evaluated in 520 patients with chronically impaired renal function (serum creatinine ≥ 1.3 mg/dL) undergoing elective cardiac catheterization.

The preventive effects of...

06/03/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology