Journal «Angiology and Vascular Surgery» • 

2010 • VOLUME 16 • №4

CARBOXYANGIOGRAPHY: A NEW TYPE OF OPACIFICATION IN ANGIOGRAPHIC PRACTICE. FIRST CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Shipovskii V.N., Kourbanov R.V., Saakyan A.M., Marov K.B.
Chair of Surgical Diseases, Department of Roentgenosurgical Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment Russian State Medical University, Municipal Clinical Hospital №57,
Moscow, Russia

The study was undertaken to investigate a possibility of clinical application of medical-purpose CO2 as an alternative radiopaque agent (RA) for visualization of major arteries and veins. During the period from April 2009 to June 2010, a total of fifty 38-to-72-year-old patients (mean age 58 years) underwent angiographic examinations wherein medical-purpose CO2 was employed as a radiopaque agent. We performed 39 aorto-arteriographies, 10 portographies, and one mesentericography. Medical carbon dioxide used for vascular opacification makes it possible to obtain high-quality images of the vascular bed and is sometimes even superior to water-soluble RAs.

KEY WORDS: aorto-arteriography, portography, carbon dioxide.

P. 73-79

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