We aimed to determine the characteristic adverse events (AEs) of iodinated contrast media (IOCM) and to compare the safety profiles of different IOCM. This study used the database of AEs reports submitted by healthcare professionals from 15 Regional Pharmacovigilance Centers between June 24, 2009 and December 31, 2010 in Korea. All reports of IOCM, including iopromide, iohexol, iopamidol, iomep...

Objective To provide a clinically relevant overview of the analytical interference by contrast agents (CA) in laboratory blood test measurements. Materials and Methods The effects of five CAs, gadobutrol, gadoterate meglumine, gadoxetate disodium, iodixanol, and iomeprol, were studied on the 29 most frequently performed biochemical assays. One-day-old plasma, serum, and whole blood were spike...

Contrast media (CM) in cardiology is used in vessel visualisation, stenosis identification, localisation and identification of vessel ramifications and cardiovascular malformations. The identification of a CM that has the optimum visual properties and a safe profile was investigated in this study, along with other significant parameters. Quantitative assessment in choosing appropriate CM was in...