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Dietary hypercholesterolemia aggravates contrast media-induced nephropathy.

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2004

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Dingwei Yang, Ruhan Jia, Dingping Yang, Guohua Ding, Cong-Xin Huang
PubMed

Abstract

Hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor for contrast media-induced nephropathy. Hypercholesterolemia aggravates contrast media-induced nephrotoxicity through the reduced production of nitric oxide.