Abstract: Objective To evaluate the impact of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) on short-term prognosis of patients with coronary heart disease. Methods Total 755 patients with coronary heart disease who received percutaneous coronary intervention from January 2010 to December 2014 were involved in this study, and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) of 12 month were recorded. All subjects were divided into CIN and non-CIN group, the characteristics and MACEs were compared between these two groups. Results There were 466 males and 289 females, among those 51 cases (6.8%) had CIN. Compared with non-CIN group, the patients in CIN group were much older, and had more active smokers, diabetes, acute myocardial infarctions and cardiac shocks, and the differences were significant. The SYNTAX score was (33.6 ± 10.6) in CIN group, and (22.1 ± 6.8) in non-CIN group. Left ventricular ejection fraction was (38.5 ± 8.87)% in CIN group, and (42.76 ± 4.35)% in non-CIN group, and the difference was significant (P < 0.01). The MACEs of 12 months was significantly higher in CIN group than that in non-CIN group (P < 0.05). The multiple Logistic regression analysis revealed that CIN was the independent risk factor of poor prognosis in patients with coronary heart disease. Conclusions CIN could be applied to predict short-term prognosis of patients with coronary heart disease.