Episode 32: How interventional radiologists can mitigate the contrast media shortage
"We were no longer using iodinated contrast for nonemergent cases. We started using a lot of gadolinium, air, CO2, IVUS, Gastrografin, Cystografin—pretty much everything you could think of besides iodinated contrast. Because you need to save it for those emergent cases and the stroke. You know—stroke comes in, you can't just not have contrast to treat it." —Nikki Keefe, MD In May 2022, Nikki Keefe, MD, Kush Desai, MD, FSIR, Maureen P. Kohi, MD, FSIR, and Gloria M. Salazar, MD, FSIR, publishe...