THE EFFECT OF STATIN USE PRIOR TO ANGIOGRAPHY ON THE PREVENTION OF CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY: A META-ANALYSIS OF 16 RANDOMIZED TRIALS

Keith Thompson,Yuh-Jer Shen,Roxana Mehran,Gregg W. Stone,Prakash Mansukhani,Vicken Aharonian,Naing Moore,Steven S. Khan,Anh B. Bui,Ming-Sum Lee,Somjot S. Brar

THE EFFECT OF STATIN USE PRIOR TO ANGIOGRAPHY ON THE PREVENTION OF CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY: A META-ANALYSIS OF 16 RANDOMIZED TRIALS

2014

Keith Thompson
Yuh-Jer Shen
Roxana Mehran
Gregg W. Stone
Prakash Mansukhani
Vicken Aharonian
Naing Moore
Steven S. Khan
Anh B. Bui
Ming-Sum Lee
Somjot S. Brar

A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to better define the role of statin use prior to angiography in preventing contrast induced nephropathy (CIN). We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane library, references from review articles, and conference proceedings to identify randomized controlled

Keywords:

Randomized controlled trial
Contrast-induced nephropathy
Angiography
Statin
Internal medicine
Medicine
Cardiology
statin treatment
MEDLINE
Meta-analysis
Diabetes mellitus
Cochrane Library
Radiology

Correction
Source
Cite
Save
Machine Reading By IdeaReader

References

Citations