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Contrast-induced nephropathy has become a significant source of hospital morbidity and mortality with the ever-increasing use of iodinated contrast media in diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures such as angiography in high-risk patients.
Invasive contrast venography has long been the criterion standard for evaluation of the venous system, but it has fallen into disuse in many institutions. The procedure is time-consuming, involves ionizing radiation, and carries a risk of anaphylactoid reactions to IV contrast. As many as 16% of patients reportedly develop new DVT after venography, but careful review suggests that most of these reports actually represented missed thromboses . .