Carbon dioxide as a substitute for iodine contrast in arteriography during embolectomy.
ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015;
13:273-5. [PMID:
26061074 PMCID:
PMC4943822 DOI:
10.1590/s1679-45082015rc2997]
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Abstract
Acute limb ischemia can be potentially harmful to the limb and life threatening. Renal failure is a possible outcome associated with release of products of ischemic limb reperfusion. Some authors reported the benefit of performing angiography after embolectomy, even though iodine contrast is also nephrotoxic. We report a case of embolectomy on a patient with renal insufficiency in whom carbon dioxide was used as a substitute for iodine contrast.
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