Carbon dioxide angiography during peripheral angioplasty procedures significantly reduces the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with chronic kidney disease

Abstract Background Iodinated contrast media are amongst the most frequently prescribed medications, however, their use is not without complications. With contrast-induced nephropathy constituting a major concern, alternative non-iodine based approaches have been explored such as carbon dioxide angi...

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Main Authors: Athanasios Diamantopoulos, Lorenzo Patrone, Serafino Santonocito, Iakovos Theodoulou, Shazhad Ilyas, Renato Dourado, David Game, Narayan Karunanithy, Sanjay Patel, Hany Zayed, Konstantinos Katsanos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-02-01
Series:CVIR Endovascular
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42155-020-0103-z