Background
The incidence, risk factors, and outcomes associated with Contrast‐induced nephropathy (CIN) after Percutaneous Vascular Intervention (PVI) in contemporary medical practice are largely unknown.
Methods
A total of 13 126 patients undergoing PVI were included in the analysis. CIN was defined as an increase in serum creatinine from pre‐PVI baseline to post‐PVI peak Cr of ≥0.5 mg/dL.
Results
CIN occurred in 3% (400 patients) of the cohort, and 26 patients (6.5%) required dialysis. Independent predictors of CIN were high and low body weight, diabetes, heart failure, anemia, baseline renal dysfunction, critical limb ischemia, and a higher acuity of the PVI procedure and a contrast dose that was greater than three times the calculated creatinine clearance (CCC) (adjusted OR 1.4, 95% CI: 1.1‐1.8, P = 0.003). CIN was strongly associated with adverse outcome including in‐hospital death (adjusted OR 18.1, CI 10.7‐30.6, P < 0.001), myocardial infarction (adjusted OR 16.2, CI 8.9‐29.5, P < 0.001), transient ischemic attack/stroke (adjusted OR 5.5, CI 3.2‐14.9, P = 0.001), vascular access complications (adjusted OR 3.4, CI 2.3‐5, P < 0.001), and transfusion (adjusted OR 7, CI 5.4‐9, P < 0.001). Hospital stay was longer in patients who developed CIN versus those who did not.
Conclusions
CIN is not an uncommon complication associated with PVI, can be reliably predicted from pre‐procedural variables, including a contrast dose of greater than three times the CCC and is strongly associated with the risk of in‐hospital death, MI, stroke, transfusion, and increased hospital length of stay.