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Jacobsen EA, Pedersen HK, Kløw NE, Refsum H. Cardiac Effects of Adding Electrolytes and Oxygen to Iohexol in a Dog Model of Contrast Media-Induced Ventricular Fibrillation. Acta Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/028418519503600108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
We investigated whether addition of a balanced electrolyte supplement and oxygen to the nonionic contrast medium iohexol reduces the risk of ventricular fibrillation (VF), and studied regional electrophysiology prior to the VF event. Twenty ml of each test solution were infused at a rate of 0.5 ml/s into the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) in 8 anesthetized dogs. LAD was externally occluded during infusion, to simulate a wedged catheter situation. ECG, hemodynamics, regional epicardial monophasic action potential duration (MAPD) and ventricular activation times (VAT) were calculated. All infusions with iohexol caused VF within 27 s. Five of 12 infusions with iohexol + 30 mmol NaCl, 3 of 11 infusions with iohexol + electrolytes (IPE) (NaCl, KCl, CaCl2 and MgCl2) and 4 of 11 infusions with IPE with oxygen addition (IPE + O2) caused VF after 45 s. Iohexol did not change MAPD prior to the VF event. Iohexol + 30 mmol NaCl and the IPE solutions lengthened MAPD initially, but at the time of the VF event MAPD were normalized or shortened. We conclude that electrolyte supplement to iohexol may prevent VF, probably by lengthening MAPD.
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The addition of sodium to nonionic contrast media has reduced the incidence of arrhythmias in animal models. The influence on cardiac function and safety of sodium addition to the nonionic contrast medium iohexol (Omnipaque) was studied in a randomized, double-blind trial in patients undergoing cardioangiography. Fifty-nine patients received iohexol 350 mg I/ml with NaCl 28 mmol/l and 58, iohexol only. ECG changes after contrast injections were evaluated with continuous computerized dynamic vectorcardiography (VCG). QRS-vector difference (QRS-vd), which reflects changes in the QRS-complex, was chosen as the main parameter. Both contrast media caused changes in the QRS-complex, but there was no significant difference between the two. No serious arrhythmias were observed. Both contrast media were well tolerated. No beneficial effects from enriching iohexol with sodium were found. VCG was found to be a valuable tool in the study of contrast medium-induced ECG changes.
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Almén T, Chai CM, Besjakov J, Bååth L. Adding sodium and calcium ions to iodixanol and mannitol: effects on risk of ventricular fibrillation after infusion into the left coronary artery of pigs. Acad Radiol 2002; 9 Suppl 2:S441-3. [PMID: 12188302 DOI: 10.1016/s1076-6332(03)80257-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Torsten Almén
- Institute of Radiology and Physiology, Malmö University Hospital, Sweden
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