Evaluation of safety and efficacy of adipose-derived stem cells in rat myocardial infarction model using hexadecyl-4-[¹²4I]iodobenzoate for cell tracking.

This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of (124)I-labeling with hexadecyl-4-iodobenzoate (HIB) on gene expression related to cell cycle, DNA repair, transcription, proliferation and differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs). [(124)I]HIB showed high labeling efficiency with ADSCs (51.3±1.3%, 0.3-2.0 Bq/cell) and there is no morphological change of ADSCs. In the microarray analysis of gene expression pattern, differences were not observed between non-labeled and [(124)I]HIB-labeled ADSCs. We demonstrated that (124)I-labeling with HIB did not affect the biological properties of ADSCs.

Examination of patients suspected as having hypersensitivity to iodinated contrast media with leukocyte migration test.

In vivo tests may be used for the diagnosis of allergy to iodinated contrast media (ICM); however, the tests do not provide definitive diagnosis and are associated with risks for patients. Diagnoses based on in vitro tests are limited, and there are almost no relevant studies. Herein, the authors examined involvement of allergic reaction from a multilateral standpoint in 39 patients suspected of having ICM allergies using leukocyte migration test (LMT). The positive rate of LMT was 44%. A comparison with the positive rate of LMT in drugs other than ICM (74%) indicated 30% difference, which was significantly low value, suggesting that there is poor involvement of these drugs in the allergic reaction. In LMT positives, 76% of hypersensitivity reactions were skin rash mainly erythema, and 18% was anaphylactic reactions. Cases considered as non-immediate hypersensitivity accounted for about 4 times as many as immediate-type hypersensitivity. In examination of relevancy between a history of drugs or food allergies, the incidence of ICM allergies was 35%. There is a high possibility that these adverse reactions were caused by pseudoallergy to drug. It was suggested that most hypersensitivity reactions were skin rash related to non-immediate hypersensitivity, and approximately 20% of the reaction was immediate anaphylactic reaction. Therefore attention should be paid not only to immediate-type hypersensitivity but also delayed reactions. Moreover, it was considered that patients with past history of drug or food allergies have a high potential for manifestation of the reactions.

[Complications in administration of contrast media in the catheterization laboratory: a 5-year retrospective study]. / Komplikace podání kontrastních látek v katetrizacní laboratori: petiletá retrospektivní studie.

UNLABELLED: Iodine contrast substances (CS) are used since the twenties of the 20th century. From the chemical aspect benzoic acid derivatives are involved which are classified according to their osmolality (high-low- and isoosmolar) tendency of ionization (ionic and non-ionic) and according to the molecular structure monomers and dimers). Side-effects are due to their osmotic, ionic and chemical action on tissues. They include a number of systemic and organ symptoms (cardiovascular, immunological, haemocoagulation, neurological and renal), from the clinical aspect divided into mild, medium severe and severe. The relatively high incidence of undesirable reactions when ionic high-molecular CS are used led to the-development of non-ionic preparations with a lower osmolality, the more extensive use of which is limited by economic factors. Moreover so far convincing clinical data are lacking that the higher incidence of undesirable reactions after the use of CS has a clinical impact. OBJECTIVE: To summarize experience with administration of CS in the catheterization laboratory of the Cardiocentre of the General Faculty Hospital during diagnostic and intervention procedures within 5 years with regard to the occurrence of undesirable effects when comparing ionic and non-ionic CS. METHOD: Retrospective analysis of a group of patients examined in the catheterization laboratory to whom a CS was administered during the period between Jan. 1 1995 and Dec. 31 1999. RESULTS: In 1995-1999 (5 years) in the catheterization laboratory a total of 10,149 procedures where implemented where ionic (ioxitalam-Telebrix 350) and non-ionic (iopromide Ultravist 370, ioversol--Optiray 370 and iomeprol-Iomeron 350) contrast substances were administered. Ionic CS were administered in 4,668 (46%) and non-ionic CS in 5,481 (54%) instances. Undesirable effects were recorded in a total of 107 (1.1%) patients, incl. ventricular fibrillation in 76 (0.75%), cardiac arrest in 12 (0.12%) and in 19 (0.19%) there were other undesirable effects (weakness, nausea, hypotension, flush, urtica etc.). Ionic and non-ionic CS participated equally in complications: ionic CS in 53 (49.5%) cases and non-ionic CS in 54 (50.5%), whereby no difference was observed in the type of complications. No death in conjucntion with administration of CS was observed. CONCLUSION: The use of contemporary contrast substances in the catheterization laboratory for diagnostic and intervention procedures on the heart is relatively safe with a minimal risk of development of serious complications. No difference was observed between the use of ionic and non-ionic CS.

Suitability of and tolerance to Iotrolan 300 in bronchography via the fibreoptic bronchoscope.

The contrast agent Iotrolan 300 has potential advantages for bronchography over previous agents in that it can be injected directly through the bronchoscope and it does not obscure bronchoscopic vision or interfere with further bronchoscopic procedures. It was used for selective bronchography in 20 patients with suspected bronchiectasis. Side effects and change in FEV1 and in arterial oxygen saturation were compared in these patients and in 14 patients undergoing bronchoscopy for suspected carcinoma. Thirteen of the 20 patients undergoing bronchography had side effects, mainly headache, nausea, and a feeling of heat or flushing. The fall in FEV1 at four hours (0.3 l) did not differ from the fall in the control group (0.1 l). The fall in arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) during bronchography (9.4%) did not differ significantly from the fall during bronchoscopy in the control group (6.1%). Iotrolan gave good quality bronchograms, which in all cases provided a diagnosis. Iotrolan appears to be suitable for bronchography by fibreoptic bronchoscope and to be well tolerated.

Ioversol in ascending phlebography--a clinical trial.

In this controlled randomised double-blind parallel group study of the use of ioversol-240 and ioversol-320 in venography all studies were considered diagnostic with comparable quality in the two groups. Patient tolerance was high with mild heat observed in 7 patients in the ioversol-320 group and 1 patient in the ioversol-240 group. Assessment of pain was also comparable (2 patients in the ioversol-240 group and 1 in the ioversol-320 group). Both strengths of the contrast agent produced no clinically significant, drug related, changes in vital signs or laboratory parameters and there were no significant clinical adverse reactions.

Influence of urography on renal function in children. A double blind study with metrizoate and iohexol.

Thirty-two children were given either metrizoate or iohexol for urography in a double blind study. Mild to moderate adverse reactions were observed in all patients receiving metrizoate (15/15) and in 4 receiving iohexol (4/17). Alkaline phosphatase in urine was significantly increased 4 hours after the injection of both media, but had returned to pre-injection levels 16 hours later. The excretion of beta 2-microglobulin and albumin was not altered. In 9 children in the metrizoate group and 11 in the iohexol group the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was determined before urography by the single injection 99Tcm-DTPA-technique and 3 to 4 hours after urography by measuring the plasma disappearance of the contrast medium with the x-ray fluorescence technique. No reduction of GFR was observed.

Safety and toleration of the non-ionic contrast medium iopentol. An intravenous phase I trial.

The safety and toleration of iopentol, a new non-ionic contrast medium for intravascular use, were evaluated. In the intravenous phase I study, 24 volunteers were allocated to 3 dose groups corresponding to 0.3, 0.6 or 1.2 g I/kg body weight, respectively. Injection of saline was used as control in the highest dose group. Adverse events, hemodynamic parameters, and clinical chemical parameters in the blood and urine were recorded. No severe or unexpected adverse events occurred. All findings were transient and included a sensation of warmth, a small increase in heart rate, a dilution effect on blood parameters, and enzymuria. The deviations in clinical chemical parameters fell mostly within reference ranges and were clinically insignificant. Thus, iopentol may safely be advanced to clinical trials in patients for comparative studies.

Nephrotoxicity of contrast media in patients with diabetes mellitus. A comparative urographic and angiographic study with iohexol and metrizoate.

A double-blind urographic and angiographic study was done with the ionic contrast medium meglumine metrizoate and the non-ionic iohexol in 90 patients with diabetes mellitus. Twenty patients were insulin dependent, and 70 non-insulin dependent diabetics. Diabetic patients with decreased as well as normal renal function prior to the examination sustained a reversible and small increase in the plasma creatinine level postexamination. The small increase caused by meglumine metrizoate was significantly higher than the increase caused by iohexol. There was also a significantly higher increase in plasma creatinine among the patients with diabetic nephropathy compared with those without nephropathy.

Ascending lower limb phlebography: comparison of ioversol and iothalamate meglumine.

Fifty patients undergoing ascending phlebography of a lower limb were evaluated, in a randomized double-blind fashion, to compare the efficacy, patient tolerance, and safety of two different contrast agents. Ioversol-240 (MP-238), a new nonionic agent, and iothalamate-202 (Conray 43), an established ionic agent, were the contrast agents used. Twenty-five patients were injected with iothalamate and 25 with ioversol. The phlebograms were evaluated for diagnostic quality and the patients for symptoms, with special reference to complaints of heat and pain. No significant difference was demonstrated between the two agents in either examination quality or patient tolerance. No major contrast-related reactions were recorded. We conclude that ioversol-240 appears to be a safe and acceptable alternative to iothalamate-202.

[Comparison of arthrography with a non-ionic dimeric contrast media with arthroscopy and the surgical result in patients with hypersensitivity to contrast media]. / Vergleich der Arthrographie mit einem nichtionischen dimeren Kontrastmittel zur Arthroskopie und zum operativen Ergebnis bei kontrastmittelüberempfindlichen Patienten.

A new X-ray contrast medium is able to produce pictures with expanded contrast and long detention time in arthrography. The new non-ion dimeric contrast was well tolerated by all patients since the half of them shows a high risk for contrast medium.

[Adverse reactions and intracranial contrast medium after myelography].

Correlation between adverse reactions and intracranial contrast media after myelography was studied. Myelography was carried out for 12 cases with metrizamide and 14 with iotrolan. In all patients, cranial CT scans were performed 18 approximately 22 hours after myelography. CT attenuation value of subarachnoid cistern was higher than the gray matter in 12 cases and lower in 14 cases. Six cases suffered from adverse reactions, but only 1 case belongs to the higher group. No correlation between adverse reactions and residual amount of contrast medium on CT was recognized.

Neural tolerance of iotrolan 300 in ascending cervical myelography: results of a multicenter study.

This study examined the opacification, dose, and tolerance of iotrolan 300 on 231 patients in ascending cervical myelography. The contrast was rated good in 188 (81.4%) of the cases and satisfactory in 40 (17.3%) of the cases. The contrast was poor in only three (1.3%) cases. In 152 patients a dose of 10 ml or less of iotrolan 300 was administered. A good contrast quality was obtained in 84.2% of all examinations. From a total of 231 patients, 146 exhibited no concomitant effects. The intensity of the headache and neck ache was recorded by the patients themselves by means of an analog scale. The frequency and degree of the postmyelographic complaints did not increase with higher doses, i.e., they were not dose dependent. Neurologic irritation, in the form of radicular symptoms, appeared in only 2 of 231 examinations. These data demonstrate that iotrolan 300 is excellent for use in ascending cervical myelography.

Complications in cerebral angiography with iohexol (Omnipaque) and meglumine metrizoate (Isopaque cerebral).

The complications of cerebral angiography have been recorded in 1509 examinations with metrizoate (Isopaque Cerebral) and in 1000 examinations with iohexol (Omnipaque). The frequency of complications was 2.0 percent for metrizoate and 1.3 percent for iohexol. Permanent sequelae were seen in 4 patients, 3 in the metrizoate and one in the iohexol group. One of these patients died, probably from thromboembolism. Blood coagulation parameters were studied during the angiography in 22 patients and only minor, probably clinically insignificant changes were found, with no difference between the two contrast media.

Effects of metrizoate and iohexol on the liver at visceral angiography.

Hepatic angiography was performed in a double-blind two-group study in 60 patients using iohexol 350 mg I/ml and metrizoate 350 mg I/ml. A slight increase in serum values of hepatic enzymes was found when metrizoate was used, particularly in patients with impaired liver function. Iohexol gave considerably less pain and sensation of heat than did metrizoate. A non-expected significant increase of creatine kinase was recorded when iohexol was used. The reason for this is not yet known.