Table 2.
Renal excretion of iodine-based contrast media
| Name | Structure | Ionicity | Renal excretion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Elimination T½; hours — near complete elimination in 6 T½) | |||||
| Normal renal function | Moderately reduced RF | Severely reduced RF | |||
| (eGFR > 60 mL/min) | (eGFR 30–60 mL/min) | (eGFR < 30 mL/min) | |||
| Iohexol | Monomeric | Nonionic | 2.0 | NA | 27.1 |
| Iopromide | Monomeric | Nonionic | 1.8 | NA | NA |
| Iopamidol | Monomeric | Nonionic | 2.0 | 4.2 | 10.3 |
| Iomeprol | Monomeric | Nonionic | 2.3 | 6.9 | 15.1 |
| Ioversol | Monomeric | Nonionic | 2.1 | NA | NA |
| Iobitridol | Monomeric | Nonionic | NA | NA | NA |
| Iodixanol | Dimeric | Nonionic | 2.2 | NA | 23.0 |
NA, no data available; RF, renal function; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; T½, half-life
Sources: see references in text