Researchers make essential imaging tests safer for people at risk of acute kidney injury
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)

Every year, millions of people undergo medical tests and procedures, such as coronary angiography, which use intravascular contrast dyes. `For the majority of patients, these are safe and necessary procedures. However, about eight per cent of those people experience the complication of acute kidney injury (AKI),` says Dr. Dan Muruve, MD, a kidney specialist and member of the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases at the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) at the University of Calgary.