Effects of selective injection of contrast media on coronary artery diameter

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to quantify the effect of Renografin‐76 on eplcardial coronary artery diameters, during selective coronary anglography. Using 105 mm‐photospot angiograms taken at 0,1, and 5 min, 99 coronary segments from ten patients were measured. Comparing the anglograms at 1 and 5 min to the control anglograms, a7 ± 7% and 6 ± 7% (both p = NS) change in diameter respectively was noted. Comparing the 1 and 5 min anglograms, there was no significant change (‐1 ± 7%). Measurements were found to be very reproducible. This study shows that there is a trend toward dilation of the coronary arteries during selective coronary anglography, but this did not reach statistical significance and probably is not clinically important.