Transient hypotension increases the risk for post-contrast acute kidney injury following computed tomography with contrast media, according to investigators. Hypotension in patients on arrival to the ...

Withholding prehydration with sodium bicarbonate from patients with CKD stage 3 undergoing nonemergent contrast-enhanced computed tomography does not compromise renal safety, a study found. In ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is superior to contrast magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT), and offers 100% sensitivity and specificity, for finding ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The shrunken pore syndrome phenotype of renal dysfunction after PCI may be a stronger predictor of ...

Credit: Getty Images This month’s case involves 2 clinicians who assumed that if blood work had been normal in the past, it would remain normal. A truism about life is that you must always expect the ...

Unenhanced CT was about 30% less accurate than contrast-enhanced CT for the evaluation of acute abdominal pain in the emergency department (ED), a retrospective study showed. Of 201 adult patients, ...

With the right imaging strategy—one that avoids contrast media—patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) can safely undergo TAVI without putting undue strain on their renal function, a new ...