The shrunken pore syndrome phenotype of renal dysfunction after PCI may be a stronger predictor of contrast-induced acute kidney injury compared with chronic kidney disease, researchers reported.
Patients with shrunken pore syndrome, with or without CKD, experienced greater risk for contrast-associated acute kidney injury compared with those without shrunken pore syndrome, according to data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
“Contrast-associated acute kidney injury is the third major pathogenic factor of acute kidney injury and one of the most common complications