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Impact of short term oral steroid use for intravenous contrast media hypersensitivity prophylaxis in diabetic patients undergoing nonemergent coronary angiography or interventions.

Bashar S AmrMatthew R LippmannPatrick TobbiaNicholas IsomTarun DaliaTyler BuechlerMichael PierpolineNilay PatelEric HockstadMark WileyPeter TadrosAshwani MehtaMatthew EarnestJohn G ChenKamal Gupta
Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
Short-term steroid use for ICMH results in a significant increase in surrogate markers for adverse clinical events after coronary procedures. Study findings highlight the need for better periprocedural management of these patients and to limit steroid prophylaxis to those with only true ICMH.
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