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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR 2019; 03(02): 139-141
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1693539
Short Communication
Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Contrast-Related Neurotoxicity: An Entity Not to be Forgotten

Rengarajan Rajagopal 
1   Department of Cardiovascular Radiology and Endovascular Interventions, Cardiothoracic Neurosciences Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
,
Sreenivasa Narayana Raju
1   Department of Cardiovascular Radiology and Endovascular Interventions, Cardiothoracic Neurosciences Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
,
Niraj Nirmal Pandey
1   Department of Cardiovascular Radiology and Endovascular Interventions, Cardiothoracic Neurosciences Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
,
Sanjiv Sharma
1   Department of Cardiovascular Radiology and Endovascular Interventions, Cardiothoracic Neurosciences Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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Publication History

Received: 30 December 2018

Accepted after revision: 08 April 2019

Publication Date:
15 July 2019 (online)

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Abstract

Neurotoxicity related to intra-arterial use of iodinated contrast agents is a relatively uncommon complication of angiography. The authors describe the case of a 42-year-old patient with type B aortic dissection, who developed contrast-related neurological symptoms.

Keywords

iodinated contrast - neurotoxicity - angiography
 

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