Effect of an ionic compared to a non-ionic X-ray contrast agent on platelets and coagulation during diagnostic cardiac catheterisation

Pathophysiol Haemost Thromb. 2002 May-Jun;32(3):121-6. doi: 10.1159/000065213.

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of ionic (ioxaglate) and non-ionic (iopromide) contrast media on haemostatic parameters ex vivo. In 40 patients undergoing coronary angiography, platelet function (platelet reactivity and serotonin concentration) and coagulation markers [thrombin-antithrombin III complexes, prothrombin fragments (F1+2) and the D-dimers] were measured. The use of an ionic X-ray contrast agent (XCA) (ioxaglate) in diagnostic cardiac catheterisation angiography is associated with lower thrombin generation and lower activation of the platelet system than when a non-ionic XCA is employed (iopromide). The results thus confirm the results of various in vitro studies and animal investigations.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antithrombin III
  • Blood Platelets / drug effects*
  • Blood Platelets / metabolism
  • Cardiac Catheterization* / adverse effects
  • Contrast Media / chemistry
  • Contrast Media / pharmacology*
  • Coronary Angiography*
  • Coronary Disease / blood
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Endothelium, Vascular / injuries
  • Female
  • Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / analysis
  • Hemostasis / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Iohexol / analogs & derivatives*
  • Iohexol / pharmacology*
  • Ioxaglic Acid / pharmacology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peptide Fragments / blood
  • Peptide Hydrolases / blood
  • Platelet Activation / drug effects
  • Platelet Count
  • Prospective Studies
  • Prothrombin
  • Serotonin / metabolism

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products
  • Peptide Fragments
  • antithrombin III-protease complex
  • fibrin fragment D
  • prothrombin fragment 1.2
  • Serotonin
  • Iohexol
  • iopromide
  • Antithrombin III
  • Prothrombin
  • Peptide Hydrolases
  • Ioxaglic Acid