Adding Sodium and Calcium Ions to the Contrast Medium Iodixanol Reduced the Risk of Ventricular Fibrillation during Perfusion of the Left Coronary Artery in Pigs: Effects of Electrolytes, Viscosity, and Chemotoxicity of an Isotonic Perfusate

Academic Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 583-593

  Chai, Chun Ming ^a   Almén, Torsten ^a   Bååth, Lars ^a   Besjakov, Jack ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Coronary arteriography; Electrolytes; Iodixanol; Ventricular fibrillation; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM ION; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ELECTROLYTE; HEPARIN; IODIXANOL; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; KETAMINE; MANNITOL; PENTOTHAL NATRIUM; RINGER SOLUTION; SODIUM ION; THIOPENTAL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 2042426328     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)00815-8     Document Type: Article

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