Prevention of Contrast and Radiation Injury During Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

In this review, we provide a summary of the recently published literature on various methods of preventing contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) and radiation-related injuries associated with cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The overall reported incidence of CI-AKI is declining, primarily due to adaptation of a standardized definition for CI-AKI as well as implementation of pre-procedural protocols to...