Open AccessCoronary heart disease is not significantly linked to acute kidney injury identified using Acute Kidney Injury Group criteria
Author(s) -
Josef Yayan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s32124
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , kidney , kidney disease , disease , cardiology
Patients with unstable angina or myocardial infarction are at risk of acute kidney injury, which may be aggravated by the iodine-containing contrast agent used during coronary angiography; however, the relationship between these two conditions remains unclear.
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