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Kidney injury after contrast media: marker or mediator?

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Changes in serum creatinine concentration are used to define acute kidney injury after the intravascular administration of iodinated contrast media, but less is known about the short-term increases in levels of cystatin C after angiography. A new study investigates whether cystatin C is a reliable marker of contrast-induced acute kidney injury after angiography.

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Figure 1: Potential pathways that lead to serious adverse outcomes in patients after angiography.

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    Steven D. Weisbord & Paul M. Palevsky

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Weisbord, S., Palevsky, P. Kidney injury after contrast media: marker or mediator?. Nat Rev Nephrol 6, 634–636 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2010.129

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