2 Bangalore and Briguori CIN Prevention al, 6 hydration alone was the least effective
preventive strategy. This finding should be interpreted taking into account the results of the …

Background Guidelines recommend prophylactic hydration for all patients with compromised
renal function undergoing contrast exposure. However, the AMACING study published …

Aims. Many previous studies have examined the effect of different hydration strategies on
prevention of contrast‐induced acute kidney injury (CI‐AKI), but the optimal strategy is …

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is a well-recognized complication among
patients undergoing contrast-based procedures and is associated with increased mortality …

(CA-AKI) is a known risk of cardiovascular procedures such as coronary angiography and
percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI). CA-AKI may occur in 5% to 15% of such …

Despite some promising results, it is premature to adapt the existing guidelines and
implement the preprocedural use of statins in daily clinical practice. At present, low volumes …

Background There have been conflicting results across the trials that evaluated prophylactic
efficacy of short-term high-dose statin pre-treatment for prevention of contrast-induced acute …

Background Different methods to prevent contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI)
have been proposed in recent years. We performed a mixed treatment comparison to …

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is a common complication of iodinated
contrast medium administration during cardiac catheterization. Statin treatment has been …

Objectives We assessed whether short-term, pre-procedural, intensive statin treatment may
reduce contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) incidence in patients with and without …