Abstract:Objective To explore the factors affecting the occurrence of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CIAKI) related to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with coronary heart disease, and to analyze the predictive values of kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), and sodium-hydrogen exchanger 3 (NHE3) in the urine for the occurrence of CIAKI.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on medical records of 142 patients with coronary heart disease who underwent PCI in the First Affiliated Hospital of Qiqihar Medical University from July 2021 to June 2022. The patients were divided into the CIAKI group and the non-CIAKI group based on whether they developed CIAKI after PCI. The factors influencing the occurrence of CIAKI after PCI were analyzed, and the predictive values of the differences of the levels of KIM-1, NGAL and NHE3 before and after PCI for the development of CIAKI following PCI were assessed.Results Among the 142 patients with coronary heart disease who underwent PCI, 25 cases (17.61%) developed CIAKI. The proportion of patients with concomitant diabetes mellitus and the dosage of contrast agents were higher in the CIAKI group compared to the non-CIAKI group (P < 0.05). The preoperative GFR in the CIAKI group was lower than that in the non-CIAKI group (P < 0.05). The differences of urine levels of KIM-1, NGAL and NHE3 before and after PCI in the CIAKI group were greater than those in the non-CIAKI group (P < 0.05). The multivariable stepwise Logistic regression analysis (inclusion of variables with P-value < 0.05 and exclusion of variables with P-value > 0.10) revealed that presence of concomitant diabetes mellitus [O^R = 3.350 (95% CI: 1.145, 9.802) ], high dosage of contrast agents [O^R = 3.377 (95% CI: 1.154, 9.880) ], and great differences of levels of KIM-1 [O^R = 4.958 (95% CI: 1.695, 14.506) ], NGAL [O^R = 4.446 (95% CI: 1.519, 13.008) ], and NHE3 [O^R = 4.446 (95% CI: 1.519, 3.008) ] were identified as risk factors (P < 0.05), and that low preoperative GFR [O^R = 0.262 (95% CI: 0.089, 0.765) ] was identified as a protective factor for CIAKI after PCI in patients with coronary heart disease (P < 0.05). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis indicated that the sensitivities of the differences of levels of KIM-1, NGAL, and NHE3 alone and their combination for predicting CIAKI after PCI were 75.32% (95% CI: 0.594, 0.831), 68.59% (95% CI: 0.537, 0.762), 62.77% (95% CI: 0.514, 0.735), and 80.93% (95% CI: 0.629, 0.924), with the specificities being 74.01% (95% CI: 0.583, 0.826), 83.16% (95% CI: 0.652, 0.941), 78.92% (95% CI: 0.603, 0.875), and 81.15% (95% CI: 0.638, 0.945), and the areas under the ROC curves (AUC) being 0.743, 0.748, 0.762, and 0.837. The diagnostic efficacy of the combined detection was the highest.Conclusions Presence of diabetes mellitus, GFR, dosage of contrast agents, and changes in levels of KIM-1, NGAL and NHE3 before and after PCI affect the occurrence of CIAKI. The combination of the differences of levels of KIM-1, NGAL and NHE3 before and after PCI exhibits great predictive efficacy for CIAKI.