Gallbladder visualisation following paediatric cardioangiography with Hexabrix.
Fifty children had an upper abdominal radiograph performed 24 hours after cardioangiography with Hexabrix (meglumine/sodium ioxaglate). The gallbladder was clearly visualised in 32 patients (64%) in the absence of clinical or radiographic evidence of renal impairment. Total contrast dose would appear to be the main determining factor. Hexabrix differs significantly in this respect from conventional uro-angiographic contrast media (diatrizoate and iothalamate) in which opacification of the gallbladder is unusual and strongly associated with renal impairment. Possible reasons for this difference are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002765:Cholecystography; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007463:Iodobenzoates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007485:Ioxaglic Acid; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage
D007463:Iodobenzoates; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids; D007485:Ioxaglic Acid