Urinary semaphorin 3A as an early biomarker to predict contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is a serious complication of diagnostic coronary angiograph and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, the exact pathophysiological mechanisms underlying CI-AKI development are largely unknown. The present study examined whether urinary semap...

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Main Authors: Li Ning, Zhiguo Li, Dianjun Wei, Haiyan Chen, Chao Yang, Dawei Wu, Yanchun Wang, Jingwei Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2018-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2018000400618&lng=en&tlng=en