The Impact of Acute Kidney Injury on the Long-term Risk of Stroke [Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease]

Conclusions The patients who recovered from AKI had a higher incidence of developing incident stroke and mortality than the patients without AKI, and the impact was similar to diabetes. Our results suggest that a public health initiative is needed to enhance postdischarge follow-up of renal function and to control the subsequent incidence of stroke among patients who recover from AKI after dialysis.

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Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - July 15, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Wu, V.-C., Wu, P.-C., Wu, C.-H., Huang, T.-M., Chang, C.-H., Tsai, P.-R., Ko, W.-J., Chen, L., Wang, C.-Y., Chu, T.-S., Wu, K.-D., The National Taiwan University Study Group on Acute Renal Failure (NSARF) Group Tags: Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease Source Type: research