Contrast-inDuced nephRotoxicity as Assessed by the KIdney Load-to-DAmage RElationship

Summary

We previously demonstrated that the slope of the relationship plotting individual iodine loads against contrast-induced serum creatinine changes ( the load-to-damage relationship, LDR) characterizes the intrinsic nephrotoxicity of the contrast. Aim of the present study is to compare, through the assessment of the LDR slope, the intrinsic nephrotoxicity of two different contrast media using serum cystatin-C changes as the LDR dependent variable.

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2013-04

Primary completion

2014-10

Completion

2014-10

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• Background Limbruno U, Picchi A, Micheli A, Calabria P, Cortese B, Brizi G, Severi S, De Caterina R. Refining the assessment of contrast-induced acute kidney injury: the load-to-damage relationship. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2014 Jul;15(7):587-94. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283638e56.

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