Acute Kidney Injury After Primary Angioplasty: Is Contrast‐Induced Nephropathy the Culprit?

Abstract

The development of AKI in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing pPCI is mainly related to older age, baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate, heart failure, and hemodynamic instability. Risk for AKI is similar among ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients with and without contrast material exposure.