Relationship between Preoperative Urinary Microalbumin to Creatinine Ratio Level and Contrast-induced Nephropathy after Elective Coronary Angiography/Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Association between Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndrome.

OBJECTIVE Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is associated with significantly increased morbidity and mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are at higher risk of CIN. The platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) is closely linked to inflammatory conditions. We hypothesized that PLR levels on admission can predict the development of CIN a...

Relationship Between the Urine Flow Rate and Risk of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy After Emergent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

A low urine flow rate is a marker of acute kidney injury. However, it is unclear whether a high urine flow rate is associated with a reduced risk of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in high-risk patients. We conducted this study to evaluate the predictive value of the urine flow rate for the risk of CIN following emergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We prospectively examined 308...

Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Coronary Angiography and Intervention

Contrast-Induced Encephalopathy after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

UNLABELLED Contrast-induced encephalopathy (CIE) is a rare complication that presents with transient neurologic deficits and is caused by neurotoxicity of intravascular contrast media. The prognosis can be extremely favorable even in comatose patients. We reported a 76-year-old woman admitted for scheduled coronary angiography. The total amount of Optiray contrast media used was 150 mL. Immedia...

Risk factors and clinical outcomes for contrast-induced nephropathy after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with normal serum creatinine.

INTRODUCTION We aim to examine the risk predictors of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients with normal baseline serum creatinine (Cr). CIN is an important complication postpercutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Previous studies examined CIN predictors in patients with chronic renal impairment. No large studies investigated patients with normal renal function which constitute the ma...