“…The ionic contrast medium, ioxaglate, has been shown to induce transient depression of myocardial function (1 3,33). Different non-ionic monomeric contrast media such as iohexol, iopamidol and metrizamide, on the other hand, have been shown to increase myocardial inotropy in most studies in dogs and humans, and also during depressed myocardial function (6, 9, 11, 13,18). Recently, a new non-ionic, dimeric contrast medium, iodixanol, has been developed.…”