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Safety profile of MRI gadolinium contrast vs. CT scan with contrast
Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Mar 11 7:54pm | Replies (7)Comment receiving replies
Hi pegsterb, and thanks for your reply!
I hesitate to do a CT angiogram, as my father suffered a cardiac arrest during a similar procedure. Of course, that was many years ago, and such an outcome would be exceedingly rare today.
No mention of a CT angiogram was made by my doctor. I should ask!
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Your father was probably having a cardiac angiogram. A cardiac angiogram is more invasive. A catheter is inserted into an artery in an arm or leg and contrast dye is injected through the catheter. Xray fluoroscopy is used to monitor. They can perform an angioplasty during the procedure. A CT angiogram is contrast dye injected into a vein and a CT scanner takes the images. Less invasive. No recovery time.