Contrast-induced acute kidney injury after computed tomography prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation

•We analyzed retrospectively 361 patients who were assessed by MDCT prior to TAVI.•Overall incidence of CI-AKI after intravenous ICM injection was 10.5%.•Interaction between baseline eGFR*amount of ICM injected predicts the risk of CI-AKI.•ICM <90 ml reduces the risk in patients with or without impaired renal function.•In the majority of patients renal function recovers before TAVI procedure.

AimTo identify independent predictors of contrast medium-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) after enhanced multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in high-risk patients.Materials and methodsThe present single-centre study analysed retrospectively 361 patients who were assessed using MDCT prior to TAVI. CI-AKI was defined as an increase in serum creatinine (SCr) of ≥25% or ≥0.5 mg/dl in at least one sample over baseline (24 h before MDCT) and at 24, 48, and 72 h after MDCT.ResultsA total of 38 patients (10.5%) experienced CI-AKI. As compared to patients without CI-AKI, they presented more frequently with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 ml/min/1.73m2, (81.6% versus 64.4%, p = 0.045) and tended to receive higher volumes of iodinated contrast media (ICM; 55.3% versus 39%, p = 0.057). There was a significant interaction between baseline eGFR and the amount of intravenous ICM administered (pfor interaction = <0.001) identifying the amount of ICM >90 ml as independent predictive factor of CI-AKI only in patients with baseline eGFR <60 ml/min/1.73m2 (OR 2.615; 95% CI: 1.21–5.64).ConclusionOne in ten elderly patients with aortic stenosis undergoing MDCT to plan a TAVI procedure experienced CI-AKI after intravenous ICM injection. Intravenous administration of <90 ml of ICM reduces this risk in patients with or without pre-existing impaired renal function. However, in the majority of patients renal function recovers before the TAVI procedure.