Abstract 14808: Acute Kidney Injury and Adverse Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Right Heart Catheterization versus Patients Undergoing Right and Left Heart Catheterization and Coronary Angiography

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Min ◽  
Sumon Roy ◽  
Melissa Wasilewski ◽  
Ravi Choxi ◽  
Robert A Perera ◽  
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Background: Contrast induced nephropathy (CIN), or contrast-induced acute kidney injury is considered a complication of intravascular administration of iodinated contrast material. However, more recent studies have challenged the reported incidence of contrast nephropathy. We compared the incidence of acute kidney injury and of nephropathy at 3 months in patients undergoing only right heart catheterization (RHC) to patients undergoing right and left heart catheterization (R&LHC) and coronary angiography. Methods and Results: We studied 1779 consecutive patients at a Veterans Administration Medical Center, of which 869 underwent only RHC, which does not involve the administration of iodinated contrast media, and 910 patients who underwent R&LHC and coronary angiography. Creatinine values at 72 hours after the respective procedure were available in 938 patients and creatinine values at 3 months were available in 1246 patients. The incidence of acute kidney injury (defined as an increase in serum creatinine of 0.5 mg/dL or 25% compared to baseline) at 3 days was 34 (7.5%) in the RHC group and 46 (9.5%) in the R&LHC group (P=0.31). The incidence of nephropathy at 3 months was 89 (15.6%) in the RHC group and 113 (12.2%) in the R&LHC group (P=0.15). On multivariable analysis including adjustment for a propensity score, CIN at 3 days was not significantly associated with R&LHC (odds ratio (OR) 1.02, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.98-1.05; P=0.56) and neither was nephropathy at 3 months (OR 1.01, 95% CI 0.98-1.04; P=0.22). Patients undergoing R&LHC had a lower mortality at 12 months (hazard ratio 0.57, 95% CI 0.43-0.77; P<0.001). Conclusions: The incidence of acute kidney injury was not significantly different in patients undergoing RHC compared to patients undergoing R&LHC and coronary angiography, even though the former received no contrast dye. The incidence of nephropathy at 3 months was also not significantly different between the two groups while mortality was significantly lower in the group of patients undergoing R&LHC. This suggests that serum creatinine is a nonspecific diagnostic marker for contrast induced-kidney injury and that long-term outcomes are not associated with the administration of contrast in this population.

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 204589402092915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelsey W. Johnson ◽  
Alison Witkin ◽  
Josanna Rodriguez-Lopez ◽  
Richard Channick

To describe the frequency with which pulmonary capillary wedge pressure measurements, obtained during right heart catheterization, are falsely elevated and to educate operators on techniques to improve accuracy of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure reporting. Failure to completely occlude pulmonary artery branch vessels during balloon inflation can lead to falsely elevated, “incomplete” pulmonary capillary wedge pressures. Balloon deflation prior to catheter retraction may result in catheter advancement into smaller branch vessels, yielding an inadvertent but more accurate alternative pulmonary capillary wedge pressure. We hypothesized that this phenomenon can be identified on retrospective review of right heart catheterization tracings, which occurs commonly and goes unrecognized by operators. We conducted a retrospective study of patients undergoing right heart catheterization or right heart catheterization and left heart catheterization with computer-generated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure ≥20 from January 2015 to June 2017. Alternative pulmonary capillary wedge pressures were defined as a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure trace during balloon deflation ≥3 mmHg lower than the reported pulmonary capillary wedge pressure. Inter-rater reliability of tracing reviewers was also evaluated. Results showed that, of the 182 tracings reviewed, an alternative pulmonary capillary wedge pressure was identified in 26 or 14.3% of cases. Eleven of these alternative pulmonary capillary wedge pressures were ≤15 mmHg with a calculated pulmonary vascular resistance ≥3 Wood units in 10 patients, re-classifying the etiology of pulmonary hypertension from post-capillary to pre-capillary in 38.5% of cases. For the eight patients for whom left heart catheterization data were available, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure aligned with the alternative pulmonary capillary wedge pressure. In conclusion, inadvertently obtained, but likely more accurate, alternative pulmonary capillary wedge pressures were identified in almost 15% of procedures reviewed from a busy academic institution. As wedge pressures often drive diagnosis and treatment decisions for patients with cardiac and pulmonary pathology, operators should be attuned to balloon deflation as a time when alternative pulmonary capillary wedge pressures may be identified as they are likely more reflective of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure. Additional tools to ensure accuracy of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure reporting are reviewed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (Suppl-4) ◽  
pp. S828-32
Author(s):  
Sajid Khan ◽  
Abdul Hameed Siddiqui ◽  
Ariz Samin ◽  
Syed Hassan Mustafa ◽  
Akhtar Gul ◽  
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Objective: To determine the frequency of acute kidney injury among patients undergoing coronary angiography. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Cardiology, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, from Jan 2018 to Jul 2018. Methodology: This study was conducted in the in the Department of Cardiology, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar from 22nd Jan 2018 to 22nd Jul 2018. Through a descriptive cross-sectional study design, a total of 116 patients scheduled for coronary angiography were included in the study in a consecutive manner and baseline / follow up serum creatinine was recorded to detect acute kidney injury. Results: In this study 116 patients were included, 61.2% males and 38.8% females. Mean age of the patients was 55.6 years with a standard deviation of 6.6 years. Mean baseline serum creatinine level was 0.9 ± 0.11mg/dl which was 1.5 ± 0.11 48 hours after coronary angiography (p 0.000). AKI was recorded in 19.8% of patients. Conclusion: Acute kidney injury after coronary angiography is not uncommon in our population. More studies are recommended on its risk factors and complications to draw future directions for its control and prevention.


2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1231-1234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelby L Hall ◽  
Stephan A Munich ◽  
Marshall C Cress ◽  
Leonardo Rangel-Castilla ◽  
Elad I Levy ◽  
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BackgroundCombining non-contrast CT (NCCT), CT angiography (CTA), and CT perfusion (CTP) imaging (referred to as a CT stroke study, CTSS) provides a rapid evaluation of the cerebrovascular axis during acute ischemic stroke. Iodinated contrast-enhanced CT imaging is not without risk, which includes renal injury. If a patient's CTSS identifies vascular pathology, digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is often performed within 24–48 h. Such patients may receive multiple administrations of iodinated contrast material over a short time period.ObjectiveWe aimed to evaluate the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients who underwent a CTSS and DSA for evaluation of acute ischemic symptoms or for stroke intervention within a 48 h period between August 2012 and December 2014.MethodsWe identified 84 patients for inclusion in the analysis. Patients fell into one of two cohorts: AKI, defined as a rise in the serum creatinine level of ≥0.5 mg/dL from baseline, or non-AKI. Clinical parameters included pre- and post-imaging serum creatinine level, time between CTSS and DSA, and type of angiographic procedure (diagnostic vs intervention) performed.ResultsFour patients (4.7%) experienced AKI, one of whom had baseline renal dysfunction (defined as baseline serum creatinine level ≥1.5 mg/dL). The mean difference between baseline and peak creatinine values was found to be significantly greater in patients with AKI than in non-AKI patients (1.65 vs −0.09, respectively; p=0.0008).ConclusionsThis study provides preliminary evidence of the safety and feasibility of obtaining CTSS with additional DSA imaging, whether for diagnosis or intervention, to identify possible acute ischemic stroke.


Author(s):  
Michael L. Malone ◽  
Tanvir K. Bajwa ◽  
Richard J. Battiola ◽  
Michael Fortsas ◽  
Saleem Aman ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F. Bentley ◽  
Madeleine Barker ◽  
Sam Esfandiari ◽  
Stephen P. Wright ◽  
Felipe H. Valle ◽  
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Background Resting right heart catheterization can assess both left heart filling and pulmonary artery (PA) pressures to identify and classify pulmonary hypertension. Although exercise may further elucidate hemodynamic abnormalities, current pulmonary hypertension classifications do not consider the expected interrelationship between PA and left heart filling pressures. This study explored the utility of this relationship to enhance the classification of exercise hemodynamic phenotypes in pulmonary hypertension. Methods and Results Data from 36 healthy individuals (55, 50–60 years, 50% male) and 85 consecutive patients (60, 49–71 years, 48% male) with dyspnea and/or suspected pulmonary hypertension of uncertain etiology were analyzed. Right heart catheterization was performed at rest and during semiupright submaximal cycling. To classify exercise phenotypes in patients, upper 95% CIs were identified from the healthy individuals for the change from rest to exercise in mean PA pressure over cardiac output (ΔmPAP/ΔCO ≤3.2 Wood units [WU]), pulmonary artery wedge pressure over CO (ΔPAWP/ΔCO ≤2 mm Hg/L per minute), and exercise PA pulse pressure over PAWP (PP/PAWP ≤2.5). Among patients with a ΔmPAP/ΔCO ≤3.2 WU, the majority (84%) demonstrated a ΔPAWP/ΔCO ≤2 mm Hg/L per minute, yet 23% demonstrated an exercise PP/PAWP >2.5. Among patients with a ΔmPAP/ΔCO >3.2 WU, 37% had an exercise PP/PAWP >2.5 split between ΔPAWP/ΔCO groups. Patients with normal hemodynamic classification declined from 52% at rest to 36% with exercise. Conclusions The addition of PP/PAWP to classify exercise hemodynamics uncovers previously unrecognized abnormal phenotypes within each ΔmPAP/ΔCO group. Our study refines abnormal exercise hemodynamic phenotypes based on an understanding of the interrelationship between PA and left heart filling pressures.


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