What is Isovue contrast?
Isovue-300 is a radiopaque (RAY dee oh payk) contrast agent. This medicine contains iodine, a substance that absorbs x-rays. Radiopaque contrast agents are used to allow blood vessels, organs, and other non-bony tissues to be seen more clearly on a CT scan or other radiologic (x-ray) examination.
What is Isovue made of?
Each mL of ISOVUE-200 (lopamidol Injection 41%) provides 408 mg iopamidol with 1 mg tromethamine and 0.26 mg edetate calcium disodium. The solution contains approximately 0.029 mg (0.001 mEq) sodium and 200 mg organically bound iodine per mL.
What type of contrast is Isovue-370?
Isovue-370 is a radiopaque (RAY dee oh payk) contrast agent. This medicine contains iodine, a substance that absorbs x-rays. Radiopaque contrast agents are used to allow blood vessels, organs, and other non-bony tissues to be seen more clearly on a CT scan or other radiologic (x-ray) examination.
Is Isovue iodine based?
Isovue Description Each mL of Isovue-300 (Iopamidol Injection 61%) provides 612 mg iopamidol with 1 mg tromethamine and 0.39 mg edetate calcium disodium. The solution contains approximately 0.043 mg (0.002 mEq) sodium and 300 mg organically bound iodine per mL.
What is isovue dye?
Isovue-M (iopamidol) Injection is a contrast medium used for intrathecal administration in neuroradiology including myelography (lumbar, thoracic, cervical, total columnar), and for contrast enhancement of computed tomographic (CECT) cisternography and ventriculography.
What type of contrast medium is visipaque?
Visipaque (iodixanol) Injection is a radiographic contrast medium indicated for intra-arterial digital subtraction angiography, angiocardiography (left ventriculography and selective coronary arteriography), peripheral arteriography, visceral arteriography, and cerebral arteriography.
Is isovue low osmolar contrast?
Iopamidol is an iodinated nonionic, low-osmolar contrast medium used for visualization during angiography and excretory urography.
Is Isovue low-osmolar contrast?
Is Isovue-300 ionic or nonionic?
ISOVUE-300 Classification: Nonionic radiopaque contrast media.
What is the difference between isovue and isovue M?
Isovue is not indicated for intrathecal use, while Isovue-M is specifically indicated for intrathecal use. When contrast medium is used for spinal injections, intrathecal injection of contrast or steroids is not expected.
What is isovue used for?
ISOVUE® is used for making blood vessels and other parts of the body visible to X-rays. Injection of ISOVUE® into the blood vessels dyes the blood vessels through which the blood flows. This allows the blood vessels in that area to be seen on an X-ray.
What is the difference between visipaque and omnipaque?
Even at its highest concentration, 320 mg I/ml, Visipaque – based on the nonionic dimer iodixanol – is isoosmotic to blood plasma, whereas Omnipaque (300 mg I/ml) – based on the nonionic monomer iohexol – has an osmolality of about twice that of the plasma.