Remote ischemic preconditioning reduces the incidence of contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing elective coronary angiography. This study was designed to acquire long-term data of initially randomized patients in the RenPro Trial.
Data of the RenPro Trial has been already published. In the present study data of longterm follow up are collected.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
81
Subjects received ischemic preconditioning previous to cardiac catheterization
University of Cologne
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
MACCE
Major Adverse Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Events (Combined primary endpoint): All-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, rehospitalization, stroke, myocardial infarction, hemodialysis
Time frame: 1 Year
Renal function
changes of serum creatinine, eGFR, NGAL and cystatin C compared to baseline in both groups.
Time frame: 1 year
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