Contrast Media

Contrast media, also called contrast agents, are used to enhance the blood and perfusion in tissues.This includes iodine based contrast for on computed tomography (CT), gadolinium based agents for MRI and lipid bubble contrast agents used in ultrasound.

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May 13, 2013 — A new method of dynamic, personalized intravenous hydration significantly reduces the percentage of ...

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March 21, 2013 -- Guerbet announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dotarem (gadoterate ...

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March 14, 2013 — Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted ...

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March 12, 2013 — Many physicians have long believed that the use of intravenous contrast agents for computed tomography ...

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February 20, 2013 — Guerbet announced that the Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee to U.S. Food and Drug ...

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February 7, 2013 — Performing heart surgery on the same day as angiography is now confirmed as a risk factor for acute ...

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January 18, 2013 — GE Healthcare announced that it has filed a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) that will allow ...

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December 4, 2012 — Bracco Diagnostics Inc. is voluntarily initiating a Class I recall of nine lots of Isovue (iopamidol ...

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November 8, 2012 — A hydration regimen tailored to the patient’s fluid status was effective in reducing damage to ...

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October 9, 2012 — Physicians announced that tiny microbubbles are being used to more effectively deliver a blood clot ...

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Like an eyewitness to a freight train bearing down on a rocket fuel truck at a railroad crossing, I couldn’t avoid ...

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August 28, 2012 — The International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) applauded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ...

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August 28, 2012 — GE Healthcare announced important changes to the U.S. product label for Optison (perflutren protein ...

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July 31, 2012 — Bracco Diagnostics Inc., the U.S.-based company of the Bracco Group, announced that the U.S. Food and ...

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