Is carbon dioxide a safe and good alternative for diatrizoate meglumine as a contrast in digital subtraction angiography?

Carbon Dioxide Digital Subtraction Angiography

Safety of carbon dioxide digital subtraction angiography.

OBJECTIVE Reports of fatality following carbon dioxide digital subtraction angiography (CO2-DSA) have raised concerns regarding its safety. This study reviews the safety of CO2-DSA. DESIGN Single-institution retrospective review. SETTING Tertiary care teaching hospital in Los Angeles, California. PATIENTS A total of 951 patients who underwent 1007 CO2-DSA procedures during a 21-year perio...

Vascular Intervention Carbon Dioxide Digital Subtraction Angiography for A Renal Artery Stent Placement 1

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventeen hypertensive patients with renal ostial stenosis were evaluated and underwent stent placement with use of CO, digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Besides hypertension, 11 patients had decreased renal function, three had iodinated contrast material allergy, one patient had both, and two had neither. Supplemental iodinated contrast material (25 mL or less) was ...

Carbon dioxide angiography: a simple and safe system of delivery.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an established alternate angiographic contrast agent, which can be delivered by pump or hand injection. We describe a simple, safe and inexpensive hand injection system that delivers a known volume of CO2 at atmospheric pressure and prevents contamination with room air.

passivity in waiting for godot and endgame: a psychoanalytic reading

this study intends to investigate samuel beckett’s waiting for godot and endgame under the lacanian psychoanalysis. it begins by explaining the most important concepts of lacanian psychoanalysis. the beckettian characters are studied regarding their state of unconscious, and not the state of consciousness as is common in most beckett studies. according to lacan, language plays the sole role in ...