Worsening renal failure in patients with acute heart failure: the importance of cardiac biomarkers

Akihiro Shirakabe,Noritake Hata,Nobuaki Kobayashi,Hirotake Okazaki,Masato Matsushita,Yusaku Shibata,Saori Uchiyama,Tomofumi Sawatani,Kuniya Asai,Wataru Shimizu

Worsening renal failure in patients with acute heart failure: the importance of cardiac biomarkers

2019

Akihiro Shirakabe
Noritake Hata
Nobuaki Kobayashi
Hirotake Okazaki
Masato Matsushita
Yusaku Shibata
Saori Uchiyama
Tomofumi Sawatani
Kuniya Asai
Wataru Shimizu

Aims The importance of true worsening renal failure (WRF), which is associated with a poor prognosis, had been suggested in patients with acute heart failure (AHF). The aim of the present study was to establish the biomarker strategy for the prediction of true WRF in AHF.

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Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin
Liver Fatty Acid-Binding Protein
Acute kidney injury
Gastroenterology
Heart failure
Heart-type fatty acid binding protein
Cardiac biomarkers
Internal medicine
Medicine
Creatinine
Confidence interval
Kidney disease
Hazard ratio
Proportional hazards model
Cardiology
Odds ratio

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