Contrast media
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1. A physiologically tolerable composition consisting essentially of an oxygenated aqueous solution of an iodinated X-ray contrast agent, said solution having an oxygen tension of at least 60 kPa, wherein if said contrast agent is an ionic compound, it has an iodine ratio of at least 3 and wherein said contrast agent is other than metrizamide.
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Abstract
The decrease in cardiac contractile force which occurs in angiography using contrast media may be reduced without increasing the incidence of ventricular fibrillations by oxygenating the contrast media.
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- 1. A physiologically tolerable composition consisting essentially of an oxygenated aqueous solution of an iodinated X-ray contrast agent, said solution having an oxygen tension of at least 60 kPa, wherein if said contrast agent is an ionic compound, it has an iodine ratio of at least 3 and wherein said contrast agent is other than metrizamide.
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