Contrast Management

Quality Improvement

Incorporating the DyeVert System Into Focused Protocols: A Hard Stop for Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury

09/05/2019

Barry D. Bertolet , MD;

Carla Durham , RN;

At North Mississippi Medical Center, we use 1.5x GFR to determine the maximum contrast threshold.

At North Mississippi Medical...

09/05/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

How Low Can We Go? Use of Ultra-Low Contrast Volume in Patients Undergoing PCI

07/31/2019

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

We should try to reduce contrast media in all patients and especially in those patients with impaired renal function, diabetes, or congestive heart failure.

We should try to reduce contrast...

07/31/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Update

AKI Awareness: Variation in Contrast Usage Across ACC-NCDR CathPCI Operators

09/06/2017

Amit P. Amin , MD, MSc, MS, MBA;

The more contrast you use, the greater the risk of AKI. We have actually applied our findings at Barnes Jewish Hospital (BJH), where we predict in advance how much contrast a patient can safely tolerate

The more contrast you use, the...

09/06/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Review

Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: What Do We Know? A Literature Analysis

06/07/2017

Michael O'Bleness , MBA, MSN, RN;

Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN)/acute kidney injury (AKI) is the third leading cause of hospital-acquired acute renal failure. As diagnostic imaging increases in interventional procedures such as coronary and peripheral angiography, along...

Contrast-induced nephropathy...

06/07/2017

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Case Report

Septal Sobriety: Aborted Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Diffuse Coronary-Cameral Fistulae

03/03/2016

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Arun Kumar Nagabandi , MBBS;

Loren Garrison Morgan , MD;

The extravasation of echocontrast into this patient’s ventricles after selective engagement of the septal perforators was indicative of severe, diffuse coronary-cameral fistulae.

The extravasation of...

03/03/2016

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