TY - JOUR
T1 - Iopamidol in cardioangiography
T2 - a retrospective, multicentre study - Part II. Paediatric patients
AU - Ballerini, Luigi
AU - Barbaresi, Franco
AU - Binaghi, Giovanni
AU - Cernigliaro, Carmelo
AU - Chioin, Raffaello
AU - Inglese, Luigi
AU - Invernizzi, Giorgio
AU - di Priolo, Susanna Leto
AU - Onorato, Eustaquio
AU - Passoni, Federico
AU - Richichi, Giuseppe
AU - Squarcia, Umberto
AU - Violini, Roberte
PY - 1992/3
Y1 - 1992/3
N2 - To evaluate the complication rate in paediatric cardioangiography with the nonionic contrast medium iopamidol data on 8,166 procedures were retrospectively collected in 12 centres. The overall complication rate was 3.78% (309/8,166), 3.44% were related to the procedure, and 0.34% to the contrast medium. The mortality rate varied with age. It was higher in patients <2 months (0.38%) than in patients >2 months-2 years (0.06%) and in patients older than 2 years (0.03%). The total complication rate was higher than the one observed in a similar retrospective analysis performed in adult patients (1.89%). This difference is probably due to higher risk conditions of the younger patients. However the contrast medium related complication rate (0.34% vs 0.4%) and the mortality rate (0.11% vs 0.1%) were comparable, confirming the good tolerability of iopamidol in cardiac catheterisation also in paediatric patients.
AB - To evaluate the complication rate in paediatric cardioangiography with the nonionic contrast medium iopamidol data on 8,166 procedures were retrospectively collected in 12 centres. The overall complication rate was 3.78% (309/8,166), 3.44% were related to the procedure, and 0.34% to the contrast medium. The mortality rate varied with age. It was higher in patients <2 months (0.38%) than in patients >2 months-2 years (0.06%) and in patients older than 2 years (0.03%). The total complication rate was higher than the one observed in a similar retrospective analysis performed in adult patients (1.89%). This difference is probably due to higher risk conditions of the younger patients. However the contrast medium related complication rate (0.34% vs 0.4%) and the mortality rate (0.11% vs 0.1%) were comparable, confirming the good tolerability of iopamidol in cardiac catheterisation also in paediatric patients.
KW - cardiac catheterisation
KW - complications
KW - iopamidol
KW - paediatrics
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U2 - 10.1007/BF01137565
DO - 10.1007/BF01137565
M3 - Article
C2 - 1619304
AN - SCOPUS:0026650532
VL - 8
SP - 45
EP - 52
JO - International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
JF - International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
SN - 1569-5794
IS - 1
ER -