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Reference Renal Artery Diameter Is a Stronger Predictor of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy than Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with High Cardiovascular Risk

INTRODUCTION: The incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) increases in high cardiovascular risk patients. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a known risk factor for CIN development. In a previous report, we demonstrated that the mean reference renal artery diameter (RVD) is an important determi...

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Autores principales: Zanoli, Luca, Rastelli, Stefania, Marcantoni, Carmelita, Blanco, Julien, Capodanno, Davide, Tamburino, Corrado, Castellino, Pietro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22470377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000329895