Implications of worsening renal function before hospitalization for acute heart failure.
Nicholas WetterstenStephen DuffYu HoriuchiDirk J van VeldhuisenChristian MuellerGerasimos FilippatosRichard NowakChristopher HoganMichael C KontosChad M CannonGerhard A MüellerRobert BirkhahnPam TaubGary M VilkeKenneth McDonaldNiall MahonJulio NuñezCarlo BriguoriClaudio PassinoAlan MaiselPatrick T MurrayJoachim H IxPublished in: ESC heart failure (2022)
Admission WRF is common in AHF patients and is associated with an increased length of hospitalization, but not adverse in-hospital events, death, or HF readmission. Among those with admission WRF, biomarkers did not risk stratify for adverse events.