Nicholas Wettersten, Stephen Duff, Yu Horiuchi, Dirk J van Veldhuisen, Christian Mueller, Gerasimos Filippatos, Richard Nowak, Christopher Hogan, Michael C Kontos, Chad M Cannon, Gerhard A Müeller, Robert Birkhahn, Pam Taub, Gary M Vilke, Kenneth McDonald, Niall Mahon, Julio Nuñez, Carlo Briguori, Claudio Passino, Alan Maisel, Patrick T Murray, Joachim H Ix
AIMS: Kidney function changes dynamically during AHF treatment, but risk factors for and consequences of worsening renal function (WRF) at hospital admission are uncertain. We aimed to determine the significance of WRF at admission for acute heart failure (AHF). METHODS AND RESULTS: We evaluated a subgroup of 406 patients from The Acute Kidney Injury Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin Evaluation of Symptomatic heart failure Study (AKINESIS) who had serum creatinine measurements available within 3 months before and at the time of admission...
November 3, 2022: ESC Heart Failure