NEW ORLEANS ― For patients with suspected coronary artery disease, the intravenous administration of a contrast agent during angiography is safer and faster than intra-arterial administration, a ...

Feb. 5, 2003 — Two recent studies provide evidence for changing clinical practice regarding protecting those at risk for renal insufficiency from contrast angiographic studies. The first study, ...

New research supports the feasibility of using coronary sinus aspiration (CSA) to remove around one-third of the contrast given during coronary angiography—thereby potentially reducing the risk of ...

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis. Although clinical history in conjunction with ankle–brachial index and evaluation of segmental ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inorganic dietary nitrate reduced risk for contrast-induced kidney injury in high-risk patients having an ...

PARIS, France—Using a virtual coronary road-map overlay during angiography for complex PCI can significantly reduce the amount of iodinated contrast and the number of cineangiography runs, potentially ...

Direct mechanisms of kidney injury from exposure to contrast agents are thought to be due to nephrotoxic effects on the tubular epithelium, leading to loss of function, apoptosis, and eventually, ...

Image quality comparison Transverse and 3D cinematic rendered images from thoraco-abdominal CT angiography. (A–C) Images from energy-integrating detector CT with a standard contrast media protocol. (D ...

Doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, which recently introduced this technique, say carbon dioxide dissolves in the blood stream in seconds and is excreted through the lungs. NEW DELHI: Those who suffer ...

Leesburg, VA, June 22, 2023—According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS’ own American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), preferential use of pulmonary MR angiography (MRA) for diagnosing ...