The influence of acute kidney injury on acute cardiovascular disease

Hsing Shan Tsai, Yung Chang Chen, Pao Hsien Chu*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an important issue in the management of acute cardiovascular diseases. The risk, injury, failure, loss of kidney function, and end-stage renal failure (RIFLE) criteria, and acute kidney injury network (AKIN) criteria have been proposed to stage and predict the outcomes of patients with AKI. In this article, we review AKI in the context of a variety of acute cardiovascular diseases, e.g., acute myocardial infarction (AMI), myocarditis, aortic dissection, and post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock. For earlier detection of AKI, numerous biomarkers have been proposed and Cystatin C has been shown to have predictive value for AKI in patients with AMI.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-97
Number of pages5
JournalActa Cardiologica Sinica
Volume30
Issue number2
StatePublished - 03 2014

Keywords

  • Acute cardiovascular disease
  • Acute kidney injury

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