Contrast-induced nephropathy is rare. It results from exposure to contrast dyes during certain imaging tests and cardiology procedures. People living with diabetes or advanced kidney disease may be at ...

A shortage of contrast dye used for CT scans, gastrointestinal imaging, angiograms and cardiac catheterizations is expected to cause delays across the country and around the world for people in need ...

Scientists believe they may have found the reason why some patients get so sick from the contrast dye they're injected with before magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. As a University of New Mexico ...

Clare Garrett, 45, says her "health has massively deteriorated" after being poisoned by the contrast dye used for an MRI Kennedy News Clare Garrett received an MRI with contrast dye, and began to feel ...

University of Missouri School of Medicine neurologist Adnan Qureshi, MD recently led a study that discovered last year’s iodinated media contrast dye shortage affected the assessment of stroke ...

Leigh Rodgers died after having an allergic reaction to contrast dye used in a CT scan. A mom went into anaphylactic shock from the contrast dye used in her CT scan, causing her to die within 90 ...

An MRI with contrast uses a special dye to make blood vessels, organs, and tissues stand out more clearly. The dye used in MRI with contrast contains gadolinium and is delivered through an IV, orally, ...

ORLANDO, FL — In the AVERT trial of close to 600 patients who underwent coronary angiography and were at high risk of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (AKI), the studied device successfully ...

Credit: Getty Images This month’s case involves 2 clinicians who assumed that if blood work had been normal in the past, it would remain normal. A truism about life is that you must always expect the ...

"This is important because normally when you can't inject contrast dye, patients are either treated observationally with drugs that typically reduce the risk of blood clots but carry a risk of ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A drug used to protect the kidneys from contrast dye during X-rays of the heart's blood vessels does not work, researchers said on Tuesday, citing a large study that may change the ...