[A comparative assessment of the effect of Omnipaque and Verografin on ECG indices and myocardial contractility in patients with unstable angina during coronary ventriculography].

Altogether 30 patients with unstable angina (UA) were examined. In 15 patients omnipaque was used during coronography and ventriculography (VG), in the rest of 15 patients--verografin at common dosages. A study was made of the changes in the indices of central hemodynamics and myocardial contractility resulting from the action of these radiopaque media during VG, and of ECG changes during coronography. VG with verografin was accompanied by more noticeable disorders of left ventricular contractility, an increase in myocardial oxygen consumption; coronography with omnipaque was characterized by later ECG changes, less noticeable disorders of intraventricular conductivity. It is advisable that coronaroventriculography in patients with UA should be performed using a new group of radiopaque media, in particular omnipaque.