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Impact of continuation of metformin prior to elective coronary angiography on acute contrast nephropathy in patients with normal or mildly impaired renal functions

OBJECTIVE: Discontinuation of metformin treatment in patients scheduled for elective coronary angiography (CAG) is controversial because of post-procedural risks including acute contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) and lactic acidosis (LA). This study aims to discuss the safety of continuing metformin...

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Autores principales: Oktay, Veysel, Çıralı, İlknur Calpar, Sinan, Ümit Yaşar, Yıldız, Ahmet, Ersanlı, Murat Kazım
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kare Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5731282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29111980
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2017.7836