Toshiaki Takeda1, Kunio Ido1, Yuji Yuasa1, Gen Nishimura1, Subaru Hashimoto1, Eiki Kyo1, Shinichi Okawa1, Seishi Nakatsuka1, Hiroshi Miura1, Seiji Kobayashi1, Toshihito Tanaka1, Kyoichi Hiramatsu1
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Keto University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Tóm tắt
Intraarterial digital subtraction angiography (IADSA) with carbon dioxide (CO2) was performed on 41 patients with liver or renal diseases. CO2 produced no hypersensitivity reactions, and the pain or feeling of warmth was relatively mild compared with iodinated contrast media. Although the image quality of the arterial or capillary phase was inferior to that with iodinated contrast media, the detectability of arteriovenous shunting was excellent. IADSA with CO2 may become an effective method for detecting arteriovenous shunting which cannot be demonstrated with conventional angiography or DSA with iodinated contrast medium.