Pre-Procedural Glucose Levels and the Risk for Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Emergency Coronary Intervention

Abstract

CI-AKI might occur commonly and could be be associated with a more complicated clinical course in ACS patients undergoing emergency PCI whose contrast volume does not exceed MACD. Elevated pre-procedural glucose might be a powerful and independent risk factor for the development of CI-AKI in this population.