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SUBMITTER: Wang C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7011951 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Chunrui C Ma Shuai S Deng Bo B Lu Jianxin J Shen Wei W Jin Bo B Shi Haiming H Ding Feng F
Renal failure 20171101 1
Preexisting renal impairment and the amount of contrast media are the most important risk factors for contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI). We aimed to investigate whether the product of contrast medium volume and urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (CMV × UACR) would be a better predictor of CI-AKI in patients undergoing nonemergency coronary interventions. This was a prospective single-center observational study, and 912 consecutive patients who were exposed to contrast media during coro ...[more]