Hexabrix--a new contrast medium in angiocardiography.

Hexabrix--a new contrast medium in angiocardiography.

The hyperosmolality of current ionic angiographic media gives rise to several adverse effects. Use of the first low-osmolality medium, metrizamide (Amipaque), has been inhibited by expense and by the necessity for prior mixing into solution. Hexabrix is the first of such media to be available in stable solution, and its use in angiocardiography is reported, in direct comparison with Urografin, ...

Contrast agents in angiocardiography.

The Effect of Angiocardiographic Contrast Medium on Circulatory Dynamics in Man. Cardiac Output during Angiocardiography.

DIAGNOSTIC angiocardiography necessitates the injection of large amounts of contrast medium into the circulation. In response to such injections a transient fall in systemic arterial blood pressure and an increase in heart rate of approximately 2 minutes' duration have been reported in human beings" 2 and in animals.3 Also, a transient cutaneous erythema is well recognized subsequent to the inj...

A technique of bronchography with visciodol: a new contrast medium.

Since the first bronchography was performed by Chevalier Jackson’ in 1918 with the use of bismuth powder insufflated through a bronchoscope, there has been a constant search for more satisfactory bronchographic contrast media. The procedure did not gain widespread acceptance until the epoch making discovery by Sicard and Forestier2 in 1923, that Lipiodol made a satisfactory contrast medium for ...

The physiologic effect of contrast media used for angiocardiography.

The deaths from angiocardiography at Wisconsin General Hospital were reviewed and found to be two per cent of 249 patients. These 5 deaths are reported briefly. Investigation was carried out to determine the hemodynamic effects of contrast substances on 12 dogs. In general, there was a temporary increase in right atrial and pulmonary arterial pressure followed by a rather marked decrease in sys...