[Suppressive effects of iodinated contrast media on human platelet aggregation]

Suppressive effects of several iodinated contrast media on stimulus-induced aggregation of human platelets were demonstrated. All contrast media, including ionic (iothalamate and ioxaglate) and non-ionic ones (iohexol, ioversol and iopamidol), suppressed the collagen- and thrombin-induced aggregation in a concentration-dependent manner. The effects of the former were much stronger than those of the latter. With ioxaglate, a similar inhibitory effect was also observed on PAF- and U46619-stimulated aggregation. The suppressive effect of ioxaglate on collagen-stimulated aggregation almost disappeared upon dilution of the medium with the platelet-poor plasma, suggesting that the effect is reversible.