“…Conflicting results, regarding the time course of L-FABP, were obtained by Malyszko et al, (2009) [32]; who performed a study on 140 patients (i.e., 70 type 2 diabetic patients in comparison to 70 nondiabetic patients) with normal serum creatinine undergoing cardiac catheterization; they evaluated Serum, urinary NGAL, cystatin C, urinary KIM-1, IL-18, and L-FABP before and 2, 4, 8, 24, and 48 hours after cardiac catheterization, and observed a significant rise in L-FABP 24 and 48 hours after PCI in both groups without any significant changes 2-8 hours after the procedure (in diabetics: baseline=6.39 (0.96-7.21) pg/ml, 8h value=10.43 (2.31-51.33) pg/ml, 24h value=18.92 (5.43-112.12) pg/ml; in non-diabetics: baseline=5.32 (0.64-5.43) pg/ml, 8h value=6.38 (0.88-22.27) pg/ml, 24h value=16.01 (4.17-98.45) pg/ml); on the other hand, Serum cystatin C increased significantly after 8 hours, reaching its peak 24 hours after cardiac catheterization in both groups. In patients with CIN, Cystatin C was higher only 8 and 24 hours after cardiac catheterization, whereas L-FABP was significantly higher only 24 hours after the procedure.…”