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Can a contrast dye other than iodine be used in a heart cath?
submitted by Margie from Georgia on 10/13/2014
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, Patrick J. Cook, MD
All contain Iodine to some extent. If there is an allergy, it can be pretreated successfully in almost all cases.
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