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Sodium and Oxygen Addition to Nonionic Contrast Media. Effects on Contractile Force and Risk of Ventricular Fibrillation in the Isolated Rabbit Heart

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Frontiers in European Radiology

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When investigating patients with myocardial ischemia and arteriosclerotic changes in the coronary arteries, cardioangiography and coronary angiography are of great importance. As cardiac bypass operations increase in number, so the number of these preoperative investigations is also increasing [35]. Older and more severely diseased patients than those studied previously are being investigated, for instance in connection with myocardial infarction [15]. With more vulnerable patients, it is important that the already low risks of coronary angiography become even lower and that the contrast medium used has as small a negative effect as possible.

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Bååth, L. (1991). Sodium and Oxygen Addition to Nonionic Contrast Media. Effects on Contractile Force and Risk of Ventricular Fibrillation in the Isolated Rabbit Heart. In: Baert, A.L., Heuck, F.H.W. (eds) Frontiers in European Radiology. Frontiers in European Radiology, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76099-0_6

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