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Table 1 Contrast and chasing bolus doses and injection rates

From: Standardized cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) protocols: 2020 update

Indication

Contrast dose (mmol/kg body weight)

Injection rate

Saline chasing bolus

Injection rate

Perfusion

0.05–0.1

3–7 ml/s

30 ml

3–7 ml/s

Late gadolinium enhancement

0.1–0.2

 

20 ml

 

Angiography (carotids, renals, aorta)

0.1–0.2

2–3 ml/s

20 ml

2–3 ml/s

Time-resolved angiography

0.05

3–5 ml/s

30 ml

3–5 ml/s

Peripheral angiography

0.2

first 10 ml @ 1.5 ml/s, rest @ 0.4–0.8 ml/s

20 ml

0.4–0.8 ml/s