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NEW DEFINITION OF CI-AKI:COMBINED SERUM CREATININE AND CYSTATIN C

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Background: Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) was traditionally defined as an increase of serum creatinine (sCr) after contrast media (CM) exposure. Recently, serum cystatin C (sCyC) has been proposed as… Click to show full abstract

Background: Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) was traditionally defined as an increase of serum creatinine (sCr) after contrast media (CM) exposure. Recently, serum cystatin C (sCyC) has been proposed as an alternative to sCr to detect acute changes in renal function. The clinical

Keywords: new definition; cystatin; serum creatinine; aki; definition aki

Journal Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Year Published: 2017

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