title: Iopamidol in cardioangiography: a retrospective, multicentre study. Part II. Paediatric patients.
abstract: 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 less than 2 months (0.38%) than in patients greater than 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.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Cardiologia Pediatrica, Ospedale Bambin Gesù Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ballerini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barbaresi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Binaghi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cernigliaro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chioin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fattori
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Inglese
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Invernizzi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leto di Priolo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Onorato
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000790:Angiocardiography / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007479:Iopamidol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D007479:Iopamidol