Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common occurrence after contrast media administration.
Hemodynamic changes, direct tubular injury, and reactive oxygen species are the proposed …

Ultra-low contrast percutaneous coronary interventions (ULPCIs) are a novel field of
interventional cardiology, aiming to reduce the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) …

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the most common complication after percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI). Accurately estimating patients' risks not only creates a means of …

Background The prediction of mortality, bleeding, and acute kidney injury (AKI) after
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) traditionally relied on race-based estimates of the …

Introduction Contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) is characterized as a loss of
renal function following radiological contrast media administration. While all contrast media …

With the development of aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) materials, the drawbacks of
conventional fluorescence materials subjected to aggregation‐caused quenching (ACQ) …

Background: Deposition of adipose tissue may have a promoting role in the development of
diabetic complications. This study is aimed at investigating the relationship between adipose …

Background Coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in
patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with increased risk of contrast …

Background Although prognostic nutritional index (PNI) has been frequently applied in
patients with malignancy or those during postoperative recovery, whether it is also an …

Over the past decade, with the advent of meaningful use as part of the 2009 Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, the US health care …