Safety of 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...

Carbon Dioxide Digital Subtraction Angiography

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 digital subtraction angiography-assisted endovascular aortic aneurysm repair in the azotemic patient.

OBJECTIVE This report analyzes the safety and efficacy of carbon dioxide digital subtraction angiography (CO(2)-DSA) for EVAR in a group of patients with renal insufficiency compared with a concurrent group of patients with normal renal function undergoing EVAR with iodinated contrast angiography (ICA). METHODS Between 2003 and 2005, 100 consecutive patients who underwent EVAR using ICA, CO(2...

MR Digital Subtraction Angiography

Analysis of Subtraction Methods in 3D Contrast-Enhanced MR Digital Subtraction Angiography Yuexi Huang Master of Science 2001 Department of Medical Biophysics University of Toronto 3D Contrast-enhanced MR angiography is promising as a replacement to catheter-based x-ray angiography due to its non-invasive nature. However, the image quality of MR angiography is still inferior to that of x-ray an...