title: Gadopentetate dimeglumine clearance in renal insufficiency in rabbits.
abstract: The total body clearance of gadopentetate dimeglumine (Gd-DTPA) was evaluated in 17 normal rabbits and 11 rabbits with renal insufficiency induced by angioinfarction. Serial measurements of the serum spin lattice relaxation rate (1/T1) were compared with actual gadolinium concentrations as determined by mass spectroscopy. Gadopentetate dimeglumine concentrations measured by both mass spectroscopy and magnetic resonance (MR) relaxometry decreased by two logs in both normals and rabbits with renal impairment by 24 hours and were highly correlated with each other (r = .98). The estimated total body clearance of gadopentetate dimeglumine was 14.1 +/- 0.56 cc/minute for the normal animals and 3.78 +/- 0.19 cc/minute for the impaired rabbits. These results indicate that gadopentetate dimeglumine is excreted rapidly, usually within 24 hours, even in the presence of renal insufficiency.
authors: Diagnostic Radiology Department, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Frank
authors: P L
authors: PL
authors: Choyke
authors: M E
authors: ME
authors: Girton
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Morrison
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Diggs
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Skinner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D005682:Gadolinium; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D005682:Gadolinium; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA