Inferior vena cava assessment can predict contrast-induced nephropathy in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization: A single-center prospective study.

Fatih GungorenFeyzullah BesliZulkif TanriverdiRecep Demirbag

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)

Caval index, a simple and noninvasive echocardiographic marker, is an independent predictor of post-procedural CIN development in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.

Keyphrases

inferior vena cava
patients undergoing
left ventricular
pulmonary embolism
vena cava
ultrasound guided
magnetic resonance
high glucose
diabetic rats
pulmonary hypertension
mitral valve
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
endothelial cells
atrial fibrillation