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Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on the Processes of Care and Long-Term Mortality of Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Nationwide Cohort Study and Long-Term Follow-Up.

Nicholas WeightSaadiq MoledinaMohsin UllahHarindra C WijeysunderaSimon J DaviesNicholas W S ChewClaire Alexandra LawsonSafi U KhanChris P GaleMuhammad RashidMamas Andreas Mamas
Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)
Patients with CKD were significantly less likely to receive invasive investigation or undergo percutaneous coronary intervention and had significantly higher risk of short- and longer-term mortality. Risk of mortality increased with reducing CKD stage. Cardiovascular disease was the main cause of mortality in patients with CKD, but at comparable rates to the general population with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction.
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