Federica Perelli, Irene Turrini, Maria Gabriella Giorgi, Irene Renda, Annalisa Vidiri, Gianluca Straface, Elisa Scatena, Marco D'Indinosante, Laura Marchi, Marco Giusti, Antonio Oliva, Simone Grassi, Carmen De Luca, Francesco Catania, Giuseppe Vizzielli, Stefano Restaino, Giuseppe Gullo, Georgios Eleftheriou, Alberto Mattei, Fabrizio Signore, Antonio Lanzone, Giovanni Scambia, Anna Franca Cavaliere
Many clinical conditions require radiological diagnostic exams based on the emission of different kinds of energy and the use of contrast agents, such as computerized tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance (MR), ultrasound (US), and X-ray imaging. Pregnant patients who should be submitted for diagnostic examinations with contrast agents represent a group of patients with whom it is necessary to consider both maternal and fetal effects. Radiological examinations use different types of contrast media, the most used and studied are represented by iodinate contrast agents, gadolinium, fluorodeoxyglucose, gastrographin, bariumsulfate, and nanobubbles used in contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)...
December 12, 2022: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health