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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Arq Bras Cardiol</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0066-782X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1678-4170</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36660/abc.20260329</article-id>
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          <subject>Minieditorial</subject>
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        <article-title>Da Art&#233;ria Coron&#225;ria ao Rim: Redefinindo os Objetivos da Interven&#231;&#227;o Coron&#225;ria Percut&#226;nea Otimizada por Imagem Intracoron&#225;ria</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Mariani</surname>
            <given-names>Jos&#233;</given-names>
            <suffix>Junior</suffix>
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            <sup>1</sup>
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            <surname>Lemos</surname>
            <given-names>Stefano Garzon Dias</given-names>
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            <surname>Lemos</surname>
            <given-names>Pedro Alves</given-names>
            <suffix>Neto</suffix>
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            <named-content content-type="city">S&#227;o Paulo</named-content>
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          <institution content-type="original">Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, S&#227;o Paulo, SP &#8211; Brasil</institution>
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        <corresp id="c1"><label>Correspond&#234;ncia:</label><bold>Jos&#233; Mariani Junior</bold> &#8226; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein &#8211; Av. Albert Einstein, 627/701. CEP <postal-code>05652-900</postal-code>, Morumbi, SP &#8211; Brasil E-mail: <email>jose.mariani@einstein.br</email> </corresp>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic">
        <day>06</day>
        <month>07</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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      <pub-date date-type="collection" publication-format="electronic">
        <year>2026</year>
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      <volume>123</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <elocation-id>e20260329</elocation-id>
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        <date date-type="received">
          <day>20</day>
          <month>04</month>
          <year>2026</year>
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          <day>29</day>
          <month>04</month>
          <year>2026</year>
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          <day>29</day>
          <month>04</month>
          <year>2026</year>
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        <title>Palavras-chave</title>
        <kwd>Ultrassom Intracoron&#225;rio</kwd>
        <kwd>Angioplastia Complexa</kwd>
        <kwd>Nefropatia Induzida pelo Contraste</kwd>
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    <p>A nefropatia associada ao contraste tem sido tratada h&#225; muito tempo como uma situa&#231;&#227;o aceit&#225;vel na cardiologia intervencionista &#8212; uma complica&#231;&#227;o reconhecida, mas raramente priorizada. Por d&#233;cadas, a &#225;rea conviveu com a realidade inc&#244;moda de que um procedimento card&#237;aco tecnicamente impec&#225;vel pode deixar o paciente com uma fun&#231;&#227;o mensuravelmente pior em outro &#243;rg&#227;o &#8212; o rim &#8212; &#224;s vezes de forma permanente. Atualmente, com o diabetes, a hipertens&#227;o e a doen&#231;a renal cr&#244;nica (DRC) atingindo n&#237;veis "pand&#234;micos", essa resigna&#231;&#227;o n&#227;o &#233; mais defens&#225;vel. O determinante modific&#225;vel mais direto dessa les&#227;o &#8212; o volume de contraste &#8212; agora pode ser controlado, e o ultrassom intravascular (IVUS) est&#225; no centro dessa solu&#231;&#227;o.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup></p>
    <p>A utiliza&#231;&#227;o do IVUS em interven&#231;&#245;es coron&#225;rias complexas est&#225; bem estabelecida. Ele redefine a forma como dimensionamos stents, avaliamos a expans&#227;o e identificamos subexpans&#227;o, m&#225; aposi&#231;&#227;o, dissec&#231;&#245;es de borda e carga residual de placa.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> Mas seu valor vai al&#233;m dos aspectos t&#233;cnicos da complexidade da les&#227;o: nas m&#227;os certas e com inten&#231;&#227;o deliberada, o IVUS transforma o mesmo procedimento em um procedimento substancialmente mais conservador para os rins. A ferramenta que otimiza a angioplastia coron&#225;ria pode, simultaneamente, proteger os rins &#8212; desde que optemos por utiliz&#225;-la dessa forma.</p>
    <p>A base de evid&#234;ncias que sustenta essa dupla fun&#231;&#227;o amadureceu consideravelmente. O uso rotineiro de IVUS para guiar angioplastias coron&#225;rias &#233; consistentemente empregado para reduzir eventos cl&#237;nicos em cen&#225;rios de alta complexidade &#8212; doen&#231;a da Tronco da art&#233;ria coron&#225;ria esquerda, bifurca&#231;&#245;es, les&#245;es longas, oclus&#245;es totais cr&#244;nicas e s&#237;ndromes coron&#225;rias agudas.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup> Dados paralelos de estudos de redu&#231;&#227;o de volume de contraste confirmam que o volume de contraste pode ser drasticamente reduzido sem comprometer os resultados intervencionistas, mesmo em pacientes com insufici&#234;ncia renal significativa.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup> Enquanto isso, as consequ&#234;ncias da les&#227;o renal associada ao contraste n&#227;o s&#227;o mais meramente bioqu&#237;micas: elas se traduzem em maior mortalidade, hospitaliza&#231;&#245;es mais frequentes, maior necessidade de terapia de substitui&#231;&#227;o renal e custos substanciais &#8212; mesmo quando as eleva&#231;&#245;es de creatinina parecem modestas.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref>&#8211;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup> A implica&#231;&#227;o l&#243;gica &#233; dif&#237;cil de ignorar: continuar expondo pacientes de alto risco a grandes volumes de contraste, quando t&#233;cnicas de redu&#231;&#227;o do contraste est&#227;o dispon&#237;veis &#8212; e quando a IVUS pode amplificar substancialmente essas redu&#231;&#245;es &#8212; vai al&#233;m de uma mera escolha t&#233;cnica e se torna uma quest&#227;o de responsabilidade profissional. Notavelmente, dados do mundo real do registro DISTRACTION demonstram que essa estrat&#233;gia &#233; vi&#225;vel como uma abordagem padr&#227;o para todos os pacientes &#8212; incluindo pacientes com IAMCSSST, choque cardiog&#234;nico e DRC &#8212; atingindo uma taxa de les&#227;o renal aguda associada ao contraste (LRA-AC) de 1,1% em 4.328 procedimentos consecutivos, mesmo sem orienta&#231;&#227;o IVUS obrigat&#243;ria devido a restri&#231;&#245;es do sistema p&#250;blico de sa&#250;de.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup></p>
    <p>A experi&#234;ncia de centros que realizam interven&#231;&#227;o coron&#225;ria percut&#226;nea com contraste m&#237;nimo ou nulo em pacientes com DRC avan&#231;ada confirma a viabilidade dessa abordagem. Os fios-guia podem ser posicionados, as les&#245;es preparadas e os stents implantados e otimizados sob fluoroscopia e imagem intracoron&#225;ria, com o contraste sendo usado apenas seletivamente &#8212; ou omitido completamente &#8212; sem comprometer a seguran&#231;a ou a efic&#225;cia.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup> N&#227;o h&#225; atalhos. &#201; necess&#225;rio dom&#237;nio avan&#231;ado do IVUS, planejamento pr&#233;-procedimento rigoroso, uma equipe coordenada, protocolos expl&#237;citos de conserva&#231;&#227;o de contraste e uma verdadeira mudan&#231;a cultural na concep&#231;&#227;o do procedimento desde o in&#237;cio. Metas predefinidas de volume de contraste, registro sistem&#225;tico das taxas de depura&#231;&#227;o de contraste/creatinina, disciplina na limita&#231;&#227;o das angiografias e uso criterioso do mapeamento din&#226;mico s&#227;o partes da infraestrutura operacional necess&#225;ria.</p>
    <p>As diretrizes internacionais de revasculariza&#231;&#227;o j&#225; recomendam o IVUS em cen&#225;rios de maior complexidade e reconhecem seu impacto nos desfechos cl&#237;nicos.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup> Documentos de consenso mais recentes enfatizam estrat&#233;gias estruturadas para prevenir a les&#227;o renal associada ao contraste, incluindo a limita&#231;&#227;o do volume de contraste, protocolos de hidrata&#231;&#227;o, sele&#231;&#227;o do agente de contraste e uso seletivo de imagens intracoron&#225;rias.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup> No Brasil, as diretrizes da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia t&#234;m incorporado progressivamente essa perspectiva, por&#233;m ainda persiste uma lacuna entre as recomenda&#231;&#245;es e a pr&#225;tica cl&#237;nica rotineira.</p>
    <p>Os autores do artigo "Interven&#231;&#227;o Coron&#225;ria Percut&#226;nea com Volume de Contraste Ultrabaixo versus Interven&#231;&#227;o Coron&#225;ria Percut&#226;nea Convencional em Pacientes com Insufici&#234;ncia Renal Pr&#233;-Existente: Uma Revis&#227;o Sistem&#225;tica e Metan&#225;lise de Desfechos Cl&#237;nicos"<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref></sup> devem ser parabenizados pelo artigo publicado nesta edi&#231;&#227;o da ABC. Sua contribui&#231;&#227;o &#233; extremamente bem executada, meticulosamente escrita e transmite a mensagem clara de que a interven&#231;&#227;o coron&#225;ria percut&#226;nea com ultrabaixo contraste &#233; "segura, vi&#225;vel e associada a uma redu&#231;&#227;o estatisticamente significativa da les&#227;o renal aguda induzida por contraste". No entanto, essa estimativa deve ser interpretada com cautela, dada a substancial heterogeneidade entre os estudos (I&#178; = 96,7%), o que limita a interpretabilidade de qualquer tamanho de efeito agrupado. Essa descoberta, contudo, precisa ser contextualizada. A LRA-AC &#233; um crit&#233;rio de avalia&#231;&#227;o substituto. Desfechos cl&#237;nicos relevantes, como mortalidade, necessidade de di&#225;lise e eventos cardiovasculares adversos maiores (MACE), n&#227;o atingiram signific&#226;ncia estat&#237;stica, com intervalos de confian&#231;a muito amplos para permitir quaisquer conclus&#245;es. Al&#233;m disso, o desfecho composto de MACE n&#227;o foi decomposto em seus componentes individuais, o que impede a identifica&#231;&#227;o de qual elemento, se houver, impulsiona a tend&#234;ncia observada. Ademais, a metarregress&#227;o que relata R&#178; = 100% com seis estudos (quatro graus de liberdade residuais) representa um artefato matem&#225;tico, e n&#227;o uma descoberta explicativa robusta. Essas limita&#231;&#245;es s&#227;o intr&#237;nsecas e esperadas em uma &#225;rea onde as evid&#234;ncias randomizadas ainda s&#227;o escassas.</p>
    <p>E a mensagem chega em um momento relevante: refor&#231;a caminhos concretos e vi&#225;veis para uma cardiologia intervencionista que leva a s&#233;rio o risco renal sem abrir m&#227;o da qualidade t&#233;cnica.</p>
    <p>O desafio que temos pela frente n&#227;o &#233; apenas cl&#237;nico, mas tamb&#233;m estrutural: traduzir o conhecimento em compromisso institucional, tornar a les&#227;o renal associada ao contraste um alvo expl&#237;cito de preven&#231;&#227;o em todos os laborat&#243;rios de cateterismo e defender pol&#237;ticas que promovam esses objetivos. Tecnologias ao alcance de todo o sistema de sa&#250;de.</p>
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        <label>Minieditorial referente ao artigo:</label>
        <p>Interven&#231;&#227;o Coron&#225;ria Percut&#226;nea com Volume de Contraste Ultrabaixo versus Interven&#231;&#227;o Coron&#225;ria Percut&#226;nea Convencional em Pacientes com Insufici&#234;ncia Renal Pr&#233;-Existente: Uma Revis&#227;o Sistem&#225;tica e Metan&#225;lise de Desfechos Cl&#237;nicos</p>
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        <article-title>From Coronary Artery to Kidney: Redefining the Goals of Intracoronary Imaging&#8211;Optimized Percutaneous Coronary Intervention</article-title>
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      <p>Contrast-associated nephropathy has long been treated as an acceptable trade-off in interventional cardiology &#8212; a complication acknowledged but rarely prioritized. For decades, the field has lived with the uncomfortable reality that a technically flawless cardiac procedure can leave a patient with measurably worse function in another organ &#8211; the kidney &#8211; sometimes permanently. In current days, when diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are reaching "pandemic" levels, that resignation is no longer defensible. The most direct modifiable determinant of this injury &#8212; contrast volume &#8212; is now addressable, and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) sits at the center of that solution.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup></p>
      <p>The case for IVUS in complex coronary intervention is well established. It redefines how we size stents, assess expansion, and identify underexpansion, malapposition, edge dissections, and residual plaque burden.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> But its value extends beyond the technicalities of lesion complexity: in the right hands and with deliberate intent, IVUS transforms the same procedure into a substantially more renal-sparing one. The tool that optimizes coronary angioplasty can simultaneously protect the kidney &#8212; provided we choose to use it that way.</p>
      <p>The evidence base supporting this dual role has matured considerably. Routine IVUS to guide coronary amphiplasties is consistently used to reduce clinical events across high-complexity scenarios &#8212; left main coronary artery, bifurcations, long lesions, chronic total occlusions, and acute coronary syndromes.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup> Parallel data from contrast volume reduction studies confirm that contrast volume can be dramatically decreased without compromising interventional outcomes, even in patients with significant renal impairment.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup> Meanwhile, the consequences of contrast-associated kidney injury are no longer merely biochemical: they translate into higher mortality, more frequent hospitalizations, increased need for renal replacement therapy, and substantial costs &#8212; even when creatinine elevations appear modest.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref>&#8211;<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup> The logical implication is hard to escape: continuing to expose high-risk patients to large contrast volumes, when contrast-sparing techniques are available &#8212; and when IVUS can substantially amplify these reductions &#8212; moves beyond a mere technical choice and toward a matter of professional responsibility. Notably, real-world data from the DISTRACTION registry demonstrate that this strategy is feasible as a default approach for all-comers &#8212; including STEMI, cardiogenic shock, and CKD patients &#8212; achieving a contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) rate of 1.1% across 4,328 consecutive procedures, even without mandatory IVUS guidance due to public health system constraints.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup></p>
      <p>Experience from centers performing minimal- or zero-contrast percutaneous coronary intervention in advanced CKD confirms the feasibility of this approach. Wires can be positioned, lesions prepared, and stents deployed and optimized under fluoroscopy and intracoronary imaging guidance, with contrast used only selectively &#8212; or omitted altogether &#8212; without sacrificing safety or efficacy.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup> There is no shortcut. It demands advanced IVUS proficiency, rigorous pre-procedural planning, a coordinated team, explicit contrast-conservation protocols, and a genuine cultural shift in how the procedure is conceived from the get-go. Predefined contrast-volume targets, systematic recording of contrast-to-creatinine clearance ratios, discipline in limiting angiographic runs, and judicious use of dynamic roadmapping are all part of the operational infrastructure required.</p>
      <p>International revascularization guidelines already recommend IVUS in higher-complexity scenarios and acknowledge its impact on clinical outcomes.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup> More recent consensus documents emphasize structured strategies to prevent contrast-associated kidney injury, including contrast-volume limitation, hydration protocols, contrast agent selection, and selective use of intracoronary imaging.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup> In Brazil, the <italic>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia</italic>'s guidelines have progressively incorporated this perspective, yet a gap between recommendations and routine practice persists.</p>
      <p>The authors of the article "Ultra-Low Contrast versus Conventional Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Patients with Baseline Renal Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes"<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref></sup> must be congratulated for their article in this issue of ABC. Their contribution is extremely well executed, meticulously written, and lands the clear message that ultra-low contrast percutaneous coronary intervention is "safe, feasible, and associated with a statistically significant reduction of contrast-associated acute kidney injury." However, this estimate must be interpreted with caution, given the substantial between-study heterogeneity (I&#178; = 96.7%), which limits the interpretability of any single pooled effect size. This finding must nonetheless be contextualized. CA-AKI is a surrogate endpoint. Hard clinical outcomes, i.e., mortality, dialysis requirement, and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), did not reach statistical significance, with confidence intervals too wide to permit any conclusions. Additionally, the MACE composite was not decomposed into its individual components, precluding identification of which element, if any, drives the observed trend. Moreover, the meta-regression reporting R&#178; = 100% with six studies (four residual degrees of freedom) represents a mathematical artefact rather than a robust explanatory finding. These limitations are intrinsic and expected in a field where randomized evidence remains scarce.</p>
      <p>And the message arrives at a relevant moment: it reinforces concrete, actionable pathways toward an interventional cardiology that takes renal risk seriously without conceding technical quality.</p>
      <p>The challenge ahead is not only clinical but structural &#8212; translating knowledge into institutional commitment, making contrast-associated kidney injury an explicit prevention target in every catheterization laboratory, and advocating for policies that bring these technologies within reach of the entire health system.</p>
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