CLINICAL EXPERIENCES WITH A NEW TYPE OF CONTRAST MEDIUM IN PERIPHERAL ARTERIOGRAPHY

Abstract

A new contrast agent has been synthesized and tested in double-blind studies on 36 patients in peripheral arteriography. When compared with some other contrast media in current use at the same or near the same iodine concentration, this new agent gave angiograms of comparable quality, with significantly less subjective adverse effects in the form of pain and sensation of heat. The increase in heart rate after injection of this new agent was also less than after similar injections of the other contrast media.