Letter to the Editor re: Are intravenous injections of contrast media really less nephrotoxic than intra-arterial injections?

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1260-1263

  Stratta, Piero ^a   Izzo, Cristina ^a   Canavese, Caterina ^a   Quaglia, Marco ^a  

^a MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY INJURY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IODINE; KIDNEY DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84877146279     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2720-y     Document Type: Article

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