Modern achievements of interventional cardiology in treatment of coronary heart disease
(CHD) have significantly increased frequency of interventions and volume of contrast media …

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CIAKI) is one of the major critical complications of
coronary angiography (CAG) and/or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)[1, 2]. In …

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is a common complication after intravascular
injection of iodinated contrast media, and it is associated with a prolonged in-hospital stay …

2451 injury biomarkers are in development, and some show promise as very early markers
of kidney injury. 10, 11 When the more conventional definition of CI-AKI (25% relative or 0.5 …

Background It is uncertain whether early (within 24h) and late (24-48h post-procedure)
increased of serum creatinine (SCr) level, as an early and late definition of contrast-induced …

The rapidly growing number of percutaneous coronary interventions has led to a
considerable improvement in the outcome of patients with acute coronary syndromes, yet …

We developed a new risk factor profile for contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI)
under a new definition in patients who underwent an emergency percutaneous coronary …

Results. CIAKI was diagnosed in 43 patients (20%); stage I in 81% and stage II in 19%.
Patients with CIAKI were older (69±13 and 63±12 years, p< 0.01), their baseline serum …

Background The definition of acute kidney injury (AKI) has been currently changing. The aim
of this study is to evaluate whether the two different definitions of conventional contrast …

Objective: Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is a serious potentially preventable
complication of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). It remains a challenge as use of …