Although contrast agents have an essential role in non-invasive imaging techniques, potential side effects limit their use. For example, both low- and iso-osmolar iodinated contrast media used in ...

A brief screening checklist may flag patients with suspected polyethylene glycol allergy to help guide the selection of ...

When patients present to an emergency department with cardiac chest pain and a nondiagnostic electrocardiogram, it can be difficult to distinguish between those who can be discharged safely and those ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lumason (sulfur hexafluoride lipid-type A microspheres; Bracco Diagnostics Inc.), an ultrasound enhancing agent, for use in echocardiography to ...