Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery is Associated with Mid-Term but not Long-Term Mortality: A Cohort-Based Study
Acute kidney injury (AKI) in cardiac surgery is associated with complications, early and late mortality and increased health care expenditures.
High-Dose Perioperative Atorvastatin and Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
This study aimed to test the hypothesis that short-term high-dose perioperative atorvastatin would reduce AKI following cardiac surgery.
Risk Factors of Perioperative Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Complications in Cardiac Surgery: A 12-Year Single-Institution Analysis
This study investigated the incidence and risk factors of the complications in perioperative intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) supported cardiac surgical patients.
Acute Kidney Injury After Primary Angioplasty: Is Contrast-Induced Nephropathy the Culprit
Acute kidney injury (AKI) following primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) is frequently interpreted as contrast-induced AKI but may result from other insults. We aimed to determine the causal association of contrast material exposure and the incidence of AKI following pPCI using a control group of propensity score-matched patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction who were not exposed to contrast material.