Incidence and Predictors of Acute Kidney Injury Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Role of Changing Definitions of Renal Function and Injury.

CONCLUSIONS: The incidence and risk factor associations for AKI post TAVR vary by definitions used. Decreased GFR at baseline by both MDRD and CKD-EPI and non-transfemoral approach were associated with an increased risk of AKI post TAVR. PMID: 31941833 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31941833?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - January 18, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: J Invasive Cardiol Source Type: research