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 ...
For people who have multiple health conditions, fixing one can sometimes lead to problems with the other. Now, there is a new technology called DyeVert, which precisely controls and measures the ...
AMERSHAM, England & MINNEAPOLIS & MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare and Osprey Medical Inc. (ASX:OSP) (Osprey) today announced a strategic alliance under which GE Healthcare will ...
ORLANDO, FL — In the AVERT trial of close to 600 patients who underwent coronary angiography and were at high risk of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (AKI), the studied device successfully ...
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 ...
SURGICAL relief of hypertension often depends on the removal of renal-artery obstruction. 1–8 The key to this procedure is the renal arteriogram, which allows a visualization of the renal vessels for ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A drug used to protect the kidneys from contrast dye during X-rays of the heart's blood vessels does not work, researchers said on Tuesday, citing a large study that may change the ...