Gadofosveset

Gadofosveset trisodium
Clinical data
Trade names Vasovist, Ablavar
Pregnancy
category
  • US: C (Risk not ruled out)
Routes of
administration
Intravenous
ATC code V08CA11 (WHO)
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
CAS Number 211570-55-7 YesY
193901-90-5 (anhydrous)
PubChem (CID) 158440
DrugBank DB06705
ChemSpider 139381
UNII XM33Q67UVH YesY
KEGG D08005 YesY
Chemical and physical data
Formula C33H40GdN3Na3O15P
Molar mass 975.88 g/mol
3D model (Jmol) Interactive image

Gadofosveset (trade names Vasovist, Ablavar) is a gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent. It is used as the trisodium salt monohydrate form.[1][2] It acts as a blood pool agent by binding to human serum albumin.

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