Toronto, ON - Use of intraoperative fluorescent dye angiography during CABG may reduce the risk of graft failure by as much as 60%, one expert estimates. Dr Nimesh Desai (University of Toronto, ON) ...

San Francisco, CA—Hydration using sodium bicarbonate reduces short- and long-term mortality compared with normal saline in patients undergoing coronary angiography with contrast dye, according to a ...

A five-day course of once-daily inorganic nitrate reduces the risk of a serious complication following a coronary angiogram, in which the dye used causes damage to the kidneys. The clinical trial, led ...

Many U.S. hospitals are postponing scans used to diagnose diseases after a Covid lockdown in China hobbled the main U.S. supplier of an imaging chemical. By Reed Abelson Doctors cannot seem to ...

In patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, contrast dye injection can sometimes cause contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), otherwise known as acute renal failure. According to a recent study ...

The medical team will not perform CT Angio when your ECG and stress test results show no issues, and you belong to a low-risk ...

Fluorescein angiography (FA) is a diagnostic imaging technique. To perform it, eye doctors use a special dye and camera to view the back of the eye. This enables them to detect and monitor various eye ...

ANAHEIM, CA—Use of IV sodium bicarbonate instead of saline and administration of oral N-acetylcysteine are not effective strategies for preventing overall serious adverse events or contrast-associated ...