CHICAGO — Shanghai, China has entered a sixth week of paralyzing COVID lockdowns— with no end in sight. The ripple effect is being felt across the healthcare system in the U.S. Much-needed intravenous ...

NEW ORLEANS ― For patients with suspected coronary artery disease, the intravenous administration of a contrast agent during angiography is safer and faster than intra-arterial administration, a ...

GILBERT, Ariz. - Hospitals all over the country are rationing CT scans and delaying procedures due to a shortage of contrast dye. This began after a plant in Shanghai was put into COVID-19 lockdown, ...

The goal of this retrospective study from the Mayo Clinic was to compare the risk for dialysis and mortality within 30 days after exposure to intravenous iso-osmolar iodinated contrast material ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Contrast-enhanced CT angiography (CTA) reduced acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with suspected coronary artery disease, researchers reported here. In a cohort of patients with ...

Erin Dwyer has been doing a lot of waiting. After a sonogram in December, she found out that she has a growth on her right kidney and had to wait months to see a specialist. Now she’s waiting for a CT ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The process to receive certain medical imaging, like a CT scan, will look different for many Alabamians, as hospitals across the state are rationing IV contrast. “It’s a type ...

Hospitals are just learning about and are very concerned that a shortage of the fluid they use to make CT scans and MRIs more readable may last until late June. For example, The University of Alabama ...