Contrast-induced nephropathy in interventional cardiology

Contrast-induced nephropathy in interventional cardiology

Development of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), ie, a rise in serum creatinine by either ≥0.5 mg/dL or by ≥25% from baseline within the first 2-3 days after contrast administration, is strongly associated with both increased inhospital and late morbidity and mortality after invasive cardiac procedures. The prevention of CIN is critical if long-term outcomes are to be optimized after percutan...

Contrast Media Selection in Interventional Cardiology

Prevention of contrast induced nephropathy; a cardiology point of view

By increasing the number of cardiovascular procedures, iodinated contrast media (ICM) is one of the most common agents used for diagnostic and prognostic and also therapeutic cardiac interventions. Contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) is one of the most leading causes of hospital-acquired renal insufficiency (1). Following cardiovascular invasive procedures, CIN occurs in about 3.1 to 31% of pati...

[New aspects of contrast nephropathy in cardiology].

Advances in imaging techniques for diagnostic purposes and for guiding percutaneous coronary interventions and the demographic changes in the population mean that increasing numbers of patients are undergoing studies with iodine contrast agents. When no recognized risk factors are present and renal function is normal, exposure to such agents does not require any special caution. However, elderl...

ionizing radiation-induced cataract in interventional cardiology staff

results the electrophysiology laboratory staff received higher doses of ionizing radiation (17.2 ± 11.9 msv; p < 0.001). there was a significant positive correlation between the years of working experience and effective dose in the lens (p < 0.001). in general, our findings showed that the incidence of lens opacity was 79% (95% ci, 69.9-88.1) in participants with exposure (the case group) and o...