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Impact of high dose versus low dose atorvastatin on contrast induced nephropathy in diabetic patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing early percutaneous coronary intervention

The Egyptian Heart Journal, 2015
Background: Statins with its anti-inflammatory and pleiotropic effects may prevent contrast induced nephropathy in high risk diabetic patients. Aim of work: To compare between the effects of high and low dose atorvastatin on preventing contrast induced ...
Haitham Galal, Wael Nammas, Ayman Samir
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Circulating MicroRNA‐188, ‐30a, and ‐30e as Early Biomarkers for Contrast‐Induced Acute Kidney Injury

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2016
BackgroundContrast‐induced acute kidney injury (CI‐AKI) is typically defined by an increase in serum creatinine after intravascular administration of contrast medium.
Shi‐qun Sun, Tuo Zhang, Ding Ding, Wei‐feng Zhang, Xiao‐lei Wang, Zhe Sun, Liu‐hua Hu, Sheng‐ying Qin, Ling‐hong Shen, Ben He   +9 more
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Contrast-induced nephropathy

CorSalud, 2016
Contrast-induced nephropathy is an important complication associated with the use of contrast media. Favoring factors for the development of contrast-induced nephronpathy have been widely described, being diabetes mellitus and previous renal disease the ...
Ricardo A. García Hernández, Myder Hernández Navas, Ronald Aroche Aportela, Ángel G. Obregón Santos   +3 more
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THE RATE OF RENAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME AFTER USING X-RAY CONTRAST AGENTS

Медицинский вестник Юга России, 2015
Purpose: to evaluate the rate and severity of filtration renal dysfunction in patients with acute coronary syndrome after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with X-ray contrast.Materials and Methods: serum creatinine levels were collected from 71 ...
N. T. Vatutin, M. I. Zinkovych
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Assessing contrast-induced nephropathy risk in older adults undergoing coronary angiography and intervention: The CV/GFR ratio versus Mehran score

SAGE Open Medicine
Background: Contrast-induced nephropathy is a prevalent cause of hospital-acquired renal insufficiency and increases adverse events in older patients undergoing angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention.
Tan Van Nguyen, Nhi Tuyet Quang, Weber Liu, Ngo Thi Kim Trinh, Tu Ngoc Nguyen   +4 more
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Contrast-induced nephropathy after computed tomography

Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, 2015
Introduction: Contrast induced nephropathy is the third most prevalent preventable cause of acute kidney injury in hospitalized patients. It defined as an absolute increase in serum creatinine ≥ 0.5 mg/dL and relative ≥ 25% increase.
Luciano da Silva Selistre, Vandréa Carla de Souza, Laurence Dubourg, Mário Bernardes Wagner, João Rubião Hoefel Filho, David Saitovitch   +5 more
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Contrast induced nephropathy by interventionist cardiology

Revista Cubana de Cardiología y Cirugía Cardiovascular, 2017
Introduction: The damage of kidney function due to the use of contrast agents (nephropathy induced by contrast agents) has been increased in the last years because of a higher number of interventionist procedures has been performance in patients with ...
Dra. Xiomara Castelo Villalón, Dra. Yudmila Reina Borges Moreno, Dra. Grisel Guevara Mirabal, Dra. Anneris Martínez Carrillo, Dra. Sheila Hechavarría Pouymiro, Lic. Jilka Lietys García Romero   +5 more
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Renal protective effect of sodium ferulate on pulmonary hypertension patients undergoing computed tomography pulmonary angiography

Pulmonary Circulation, 2020
This study aimed to explore the correlation of sodium ferulate and the renal protective effect on computed tomography pulmonary angiography in patients suffering from pulmonary hypertension.
Ying Zhao, Haiyan Wang, Jiayu Zhao, Xun Wang, Yanbo Wang, Wei Li, Tingting Song, Guozhen Hao, Xianghua Fu, Xinshun Gu   +9 more
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Contrast-induced nephropathy in invasive cardiology

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2012
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is an acute renal injury due to the renal toxicity of iodinated contrast media. It is classically defined as a relative (≥25%) or absolute (≥0.5 mg/dl; 44 μmol/l) increase in serum creatinine from baseline value ...
Tilman N.U. Perrin, Eric Descombes, Stephane Cook   +2 more
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Contrast-Induced Nephropathy and Oxygen Pretreatment in Patients With Impaired Renal Function

Kidney International Reports, 2018
Contrast-induced nephropathy is a complication following coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention. Because contrast-induced nephropathy is a predictor of long-term mortality in patients with ischemic heart disease undergoing ...
Haruki Sekiguchi, Yoichi Ajiro, Yoshie Uchida, Kentaro Jujo, Kazunori Iwade, Naohide Tanaka, Ken Shimamoto, Yukio Tsurumi, Masatoshi Kawana, Nobuhisa Hagiwara   +9 more
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