Original Study
Hemodynamic effects of iodixanol and iohexol during ventriculography in patients with compromised left ventricular function
Arend Bergstra BSC,
René B. van Dijk MD, PhD,
Oddmund Brekke MSC, Arie E. Buurma BSC,
Leandro Orozco MD, Peter den Heijer MD, PhD,
Harry J.G.M. Crijns MD, PhD,
Corresponding Author
Arend Bergstra BSC
Department of Cardiology/Thoraxcenter, Groningen University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
Department of Cardiology/Thoraxcenter, University Hospital Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorRené B. van Dijk MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology, Martini Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorArie E. Buurma BSC
Department of Cardiology/Thoraxcenter, Groningen University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorPeter den Heijer MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology, Ignatius Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorHarry J.G.M. Crijns MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology/Thoraxcenter, Groningen University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorArend Bergstra BSC,
René B. van Dijk MD, PhD,
Oddmund Brekke MSC, Arie E. Buurma BSC,
Leandro Orozco MD, Peter den Heijer MD, PhD,
Harry J.G.M. Crijns MD, PhD,
Corresponding Author
Arend Bergstra BSC
Department of Cardiology/Thoraxcenter, Groningen University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
Department of Cardiology/Thoraxcenter, University Hospital Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorRené B. van Dijk MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology, Martini Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorArie E. Buurma BSC
Department of Cardiology/Thoraxcenter, Groningen University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorPeter den Heijer MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology, Ignatius Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorHarry J.G.M. Crijns MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology/Thoraxcenter, Groningen University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 23 June 2000
Citations: 16
Abstract
A crossover study was performed to compare the hemodynamic effects of the iso-osmolar contrast agent iodixanol (Visipaque®) 320 mg I/ml to those of the low-osmolar iohexol (Omnipaque®) 350 mg I/ml. The main hypothesis was that iodixanol and iohexol would affect left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) to different degrees. In 48 patients with reduced cardiac function (mean ejection fraction 33.4%), one ventricular injection was performed with each contrast medium. Ventricular, aortic and right atrial pressures and heart rate were measured continuously. Cardiac output (using Fick's principle) and systemic vascular resistance were calculated. LVEDP increased with both agents, but significantly less after iodixanol than after iohexol (P < 0.01), also in subgroups of patients in whom baseline LVEDP was severely increased and in whom 3-vessel disease was present. Immediate changes in variables reflecting vasodilatation were similar with both agents. In conclusion, both contrast agents influenced hemodynamics during ventriculography, but iodixanol had significantly less influence on LVEDP than did iohexol. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 50:314–321, 2000. © 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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