Three-year risk of cardiovascular disease among intensive care patients with acute kidney injury

Three-year risk of cardiovascular disease among intensive care patients with acute kidney injury: a population based cohort study. Critical Care, Oct 2014, 18: 492 

Gammelager, H., et al.

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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common among intensive care unit (ICU) patients, but follow-up data on subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease remain sparse. We examined the impact of AKI on three-year risk of first-time heart failure, myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke among ICU patients surviving to hospital discharge, and whether this risk is modified by renal recovery before hospital discharge.