Is Nebivolol Really Effective in Preventing Contrast Induced Nephropathy?

• Main Authors: Orcun Altunoren (Author), Mehmet Balli (Author), Necmi Eren (Author), Hakan Tasolar (Author), Abdullah Arpaci (Author), Caglar Emre Caglayan (Author), Yasemin Coskun Yavuz (Author), Ozkan Gungor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: Contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) has multifactorial etiopatogenesis including oxidative stress and vasoconstriction. Nebivolol is an antioxidant and has vasodilatatory effect via NO release and may prevent CIN development. We have noticed that a few number of studies that have eva...