Journal
RADIOLOGY
Volume 223, Issue 2, Pages 319-325Publisher
RADIOLOGICAL SOC NORTH AMERICA
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2232010742
Keywords
angiography, contrast media; contrast media, complications; contrast media, effects; contrast media, toxicity; gadolinium; iodine and iodine compounds; uremia
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Gadolinium has physical properties that are well suited for radiographic imaging. Digital subtraction angiography with a gadolinium chelate as contrast medium can provide images of suitable quality for diagnosis and intervention. The overall safety profile of gadolinium-based contrast media is excellent. In particular, these contrast media are well tolerated in patients with renal insufficiency when administered intraarterially in doses of less than 0.3-0.4 mmol per kilogram body weight, with a decreased incidence of contrast medium-induced nephropathy, as compared with similar volumes of iodinated contrast material. The currently available formulations of gadolinium chelates can be injected safely into every arterial and venous structure. However, substantial data are lacking on the intraarterial use of gadolinium in patients with renal insufficiency, particularly at doses that exceed those routinely used in magnetic resonance angiography. Gadolinium chelates in appropriate volumes are useful alternative contrast media in selected high-risk patients undergoing angiographic studies.((C)) RSNA, 2002.
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