Cardiovascular and electrocardiographic effects of iopentol in left ventricular angiography. Comparison of the low-osmolar, non-ionic iopentol (Imagopaque 350) and the hyper-osmolar, ionic metrizoate meglumine-Na-Ca (Isopaque Coronar 370) in patients with coronary heart disease
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1997-04-01
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Eur Radiol. 1997, 7 Suppl 4:S156-61Abstract
The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the hemodynamic and electrocardiographic effects following injection of the non-ionic, low-osmolar contrast medium iopentol (Imagopaque 350, Nycomed Imaging AS, Oslo, Norway) and the ionic, hyper-osmolar contrast medium metrizoate meglumine-Na-Ca (Isopaque Coronar 370, Nycomed Imaging AS, Oslo, Norway) when used for left ventricular angiography. The study was performed in a double-blind, randomized manner in 82 patients with severe coronary heart disease. The patients who received iopentol experienced less adverse events and subjective discomfort of lesser intensity than those who received metrizoate (p = 0.0001). Both contrast media induced a biphasic change in left ventricular (LV) systolic pressure, with an initial fall followed by a prolonged rise, but the alterations were statistically significantly more pronounced with metrizoate than with iopentol. The changes in LV end-diastolic pressure (p = 0.023), and LV negative dP/dt (p = 0.002) were significantly more pronounced with metrizoate than with iopentol. Cardiac output and heart rate increased more with metrizoate, while stroke volume was equally increased by both agents. A prolonged increase in the QT-interval, throughout the 10-min observation period, was seen only after injection of metrizoate (p = 0.0006 for comparison between contrast media). CONCLUSION: Iopentol was well tolerated and induced markedly less severe hemodynamic and electrocardiographic alterations than did metrizoate in patients with severe coronary heart disease.Description
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