Prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
Kardiol Pol. 2020 Jul 29;:
Authors: Legnazzi M, Agnello F, Capodanno D
Abstract
Intravascular administration of contrast media is an irreplaceable step of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Being the latter a very common procedure, contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) has become one of the most frequent causes of acute nephropathy, and a relevant prognostic impact of CI-AKI has been observed. Some patient comorbidities and procedural characteristics have been identified as key risk factors of CI-AKI. In this review, current evidences and future research directions on CI-AKI prevention for patients undergoing PCI are discussed.
PMID: 32735406 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Polish Heart Journal - July 28, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Legnazzi M, Agnello F, Capodanno D Tags: Kardiol Pol Source Type: research