The effect of remote ischaemic preconditioning on contrast induced nephropathy in the clinical setting of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention

Contrast Induced Nephropathy (CIN) is a common and serious iatrogenic complication resulting from the use of intravascular iodinated contrast media in routine investigations such as coronary angiography. Patients with impaired renal function are particularly at risk of CIN and a number of well recog...

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Main Author: Rear, Roger
Published: University College London (University of London) 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.747001