Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Interventional Cardiology: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Identification of High-Risk Patients.

Journal: Cureus
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Abstract

AIM: This study aimed to study contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) or more recent nomenclature contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary procedures, evaluating CIN incidence, risk factors (RFs), and high-risk patients with CIN.  Methods: This is a prospective, observational, unicentric trial of patients who underwent coronary angiography and/or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the University Hospital Center (UHC) "Mother Teresa" in Tirana, Albania, during 2016-2018. CIN was defined as an increase of 25% and/or by 0.5 mg/dL of serum creatinine (SCr) and high-risk patients with CIN as an increase by 50% and/or by 2 mg/dL and/or need for dialysis compared to the basal pre-procedural values. We evaluated RFs for CIN: preexisting renal lesion (PRL), heart failure (HF), age, diabetes mellitus (DM), anemia, and contrast quantity.  Results: The incidence of CIN resulted in 14.4%. HF, PRL, and age ≥65 years resulted in independent RFs for CIN, whereas anemia, DM, and contrast quantity >100 mL did not. PRL proved to be the most important RF for CIN, whereas HF was the only independent RF for high-risk CIN patients.

Authors

  • Naltin Shuka
    Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospital Center "Mother Teresa", Tirana, ALB.
  • Endri Hasimi
    Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Center "Mother Teresa", Tirana, ALB.
  • Artan Kristo
    Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Center "Mother Teresa", Tirana, ALB.
  • Leonard Simoni
    Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Center "Mother Teresa", Tirana, ALB.
  • Taulant Gishto
    Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Center "Mother Teresa", Tirana, ALB.
  • Ervina Shirka
    Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Center "Mother Teresa", Tirana, ALB.
  • Elizana Zaimi Petrela
    Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine, Tirana, Tirana, ALB.
  • Artan Goda
    Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Center "Mother Teresa", Tirana, ALB.

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