Use of gadolinium-based contrast agent for renal angiography: case report and review of the literature.
A 67-year-old woman suffering from chronic renal failure (Creatinine 480 micromol/L) underwent a gadolinium renal angiography, which visualized a stenosis of the right renal artery. There was no deterioration of renal function after the arteriography. A review of the literature is presented which show the efficiency of this technique to visualize the renal arteries, and the absence of nephrotoxicity after the use of gadolinium as a based contrast agent in high risk patients.
Bassilios
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Nephrology Department, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France.
Vantelon
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Cluzel
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Baumelou
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Deray
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D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D005682:Gadolinium; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012306:Risk
D003287:Contrast Media; D005682:Gadolinium