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. 2022 May 10;9(5):696.
doi: 10.3390/children9050696.

Regarding Iodixanol for Pediatric CTA. Comment on Pop, M. Cardiothoracic CTA in Infants Referred for Aortic Arch Evaluation-Retrospective Comparison of Iomeprol 350, Ioversol 350, Iopromide 370 and Iodixanol 320. Children 2021, 8, 949

Ulf Nyman  1 , Peter Aspelin  2
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Regarding Iodixanol for Pediatric CTA. Comment on Pop, M. Cardiothoracic CTA in Infants Referred for Aortic Arch Evaluation-Retrospective Comparison of Iomeprol 350, Ioversol 350, Iopromide 370 and Iodixanol 320. Children 2021, 8, 949

Ulf Nyman et al. Children (Basel). .

Abstract

With interest, we read the publication 'Cardiothoracic CTA in Infants Referred for Aortic Arch Evaluation-Retrospective Comparison of Iomeprol 350, Ioversol 350, Iopromide 370 and Iodixanol 320' by Pop [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

Both authors have had a close collaboration with the pharmaceutical companies that have been manufacturing and marketing Visipaque throughout the years regarding research projects, received speaker’s honorarium and acting as advisory board members. Ulf Nyman has also been reimbursed for transfer of ownership of OmniVis, a computer program for estimating GFR and setting up patient-specific CT contrast medium protocols, to GE Healthcare.

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