ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.16, no.7, pp.504-511, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective: Recent conflicting studies on the renal effects of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) after cardiac surgery have been published. The aim of this study was to evaluate the renal effects of NAC using neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) blood levels in elderly patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).