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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Lars-göran Wistrand, Oslo, NO;
Mikkel Thaning, Oslo, NO;
Ben Newton, Oslo, NO;
Inventors:
Assignee:
GE Healthcare AS, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/0452 (2013.01); A61K 49/0438 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new diagnostic X-ray composition which exhibits a superior cardiac safety profile. The composition comprises a non-ionic iodinated dimer in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. More particularly, the invention provides a diagnostic composition comprising a Compound I, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and dissolved therein a sodium compound and a calcium compound providing a sodium ion concentration of 40-50 mM and a calcium ion concentration of 0.1-0.7 mM. The invention also relates to methods of imaging using such diagnostic compositions.