Introduction
contrast-induced acute kidney injury, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, CI-AKI, contrast-associated acute kidney injury
CONTRAST-INDUCED ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY, CONTRAST-ASSOCIATED ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY
The widespread adoption of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) has significantly improved the cardiovascular outcomes of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), however, the incidence of contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI), which has replaced the definition of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) in current guidelines [The pharmacokinetics of the contrast agent showed that 80% of the contrast agent was excreted by the kidney in the first 4 h and the remaining 20% was excreted slowly within the next 24 h [