scholarly journals Ultrasound assessment of polymer-shelled magnetic microbubbles used as dual contrast agents

2013 ◽  
Vol 133 (6) ◽  
pp. EL478-EL484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Sciallero ◽  
Andrea Trucco
Keyword(s):  
Contrast Agents ◽  
Ultrasound Assessment

A Technique to Improve the Confidence of Color Duplex Ultrasound assessment of Aortic Endografts: The use of Contrast Agents

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney Nelms ◽  
Kathleen Carter ◽  
George Meier ◽  
Robert Gayle ◽  
F. Noel Parent ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Contrast Agents ◽  
Duplex Ultrasound ◽  
Ultrasound Assessment ◽  
Color Duplex Ultrasound

Effects of Radiographic Contrast Agents on Thrombin Formation and Activity

1998 ◽  
Vol 80 (08) ◽  
pp. 266-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Parker ◽  
William Fay
Keyword(s):  
Contrast Agents ◽  
Tissue Factor ◽  
Coronary Angioplasty ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Factor Viia ◽  
Minor Effect ◽  
Ionic Contrast ◽  
Radiographic Contrast ◽  
Inhibition Of Thrombin ◽  
Thrombin Formation

SummaryClinical trials suggest that the risk of thrombosis during coronary angioplasty is lower with ionic contrast agents than with nonionic contrast agents. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this effect are unknown. This study examined the effects of contrast agents on thrombin formation and its interaction with substrates, inhibitors, and ligands to define potential mechanisms by which contrast agents affect thrombus formation. Two ionic agents, diatrizoate and ioxaglate, and one nonionic agent, ioversol, were studied. Ionic agents inhibited factor X activation by the tissue factor-factor VIIa complex more potently than ioversol (53 ± 3.7, 43.0 ± 1.9, and 26.5 ± 2.4% inhibition by diatrizoate, ioxaglate, and ioversol, respectively, at concentrations of 5%). Ionic contrast agents were potent inhibitors of prothrombinase function, inhibiting thrombin formation by >75% at contrast concentrations of 0.6% (p <0.005). Ioversol inhibited prothrombinase to a significantly lesser extent than ionic agents. Clotting assays suggested that ioxaglate was the most potent inhibitor of thrombin generation in plasma despite having the least effect on fibrin polymerization. Contrast agents inhibited binding of thrombin to fibrin, with ionic agents producing a more potent effect than ioversol (p <0.02). However, contrast agents did not inhibit thrombin-mediated platelet activation, had only a minor effect on inhibition of thrombin by antithrombin III, and did not affect thrombin-hirudin interactions. In summary, these studies identify specific mechanisms by which radiographic contrast agents inhibit thrombin formation and function – i.e. inhibition of tissue factor-dependent factor Xa generation, inhibition of the prothrombinase complex, and inhibition of thrombin binding to fibrin. These findings may help to explain the reduced risk of thrombosis during coronary angioplasty associated with ionic contrast agents.

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