USE OF GADOLINIUM-BASED CONTRAST AGENT FOR RENAL ANGIOGRAPHY: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Abstract

A 67-year-old woman suffering from chronic renal failure (Creatinine 480 μmol/L) underwent a gadolinium renal angiography, which visualized a stenosis of the right renal artery. There was no deterioration of renal function after the arteriography. A review of the literature is presented which show the efficiency of this technique to visualize the renal arteries, and the absence of nephrotoxicity after the use of gadolinium as a based contrast agent in high risk patients.

• Renal failure
• Gadolinium
• Renal arteries
• Angiography