The association between contrast dose and renal complications post PCI across the continuum of procedural estimated risk.

Prior studies have proposed to restrict the contrast volume (CV) to <3x calculated creatinine clearance (CCC), to prevent contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) post percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). The predictive value of this algorithm for CIN and therefore the benefit of this approach in...

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Main Authors: Judith Kooiman, Milan Seth, David Share, Simon Dixon, Hitinder S Gurm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3953074?pdf=render