Clinical Experience of Ioxaglate in Femoral Angiography

Abstract
Painless femoral angiography could be performed in patients under slight analgesic premedication by using ioxaglate (320 mg/ml). Slower flow of ioxaglate resulted in longer segments of the arteries being filled by the contrast column than when using iothalamate, which was confirmed by serial whole-limb angiography. The dynamic characteristics of ioxaglate, in addition to marked reduction of pain, fulfilled the requirements for its use as a contrast medium in femoral or peripheral angiography.