title: Iopentol (Imagopaque 300) compared with iopromide (Ultravist 300) in pediatric angiocardiography. A clinical trial assessing adverse events, ECG and diagnostic information.
abstract: Iopentol (Imagopaque, Nycomed Imaging AS, Oslo, Norway) 300 mg.l/ml was compared with iopromide (Ultravist, Schering AG. Berlin, Germany) 300 mg I/ml in pediatric angiocardiography in 97 children (48 and 49 patients, mean age 2.8 and 4.1 years in the respective contrast medium groups). The volume injected was usually 4-6 ml/kg b.w. ECG, blood pressure, heart rate, adverse events and efficacy were evaluated. Five patients in the iopentol group and four in the iopromide group reported adverse events. This difference was not statistically significant. One adverse event in each of the two groups was considered as possibly related to the contrast medium. Only small and transient changes in heart rate, blood pressure and ECG parameters were observed. No difference between the two contrast media was found for efficacy. It can be concluded that iopentol is well suited for angiocardiographic examinations in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Piéchaud
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Iserin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aggoun
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kachaner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Skinningsrud
mesh_terms: D000790:Angiocardiography; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007472:Iohexol / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D008297:Male; D012449:Safety; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids; D007472:Iohexol; C038192:iopromide; C053571:iopentol