Carbon dioxide as a substitute for iodine contrast in arteriography during embolectomy

Abstracts

Acute limb ischemia can be potentially harmful to the limb and life threatening. Renal failure is a possible outcome associated with release of products of ischemic limb reperfusion. Some authors reported the benefit of performing angiography after embolectomy, even though iodine contrast is also nephrotoxic. We report a case of embolectomy on a patient with renal insufficiency in whom carbon dioxide was used as a substitute for iodine contrast.

Renal insufficiency, chronic; Embolism; Angiography; Carbon dioxide; Reperfusion injury; Case reports