Comparison of Renal Function and Cardiovascular Risk Following Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients With and Without Diabetes Mellitus
Anavekar NS, Solomon SD, McMurray JJ, Maggioni A, Rouleau JL, Califf R, White H, Kober L, Velazquez E, Pfeffer MA. Comparison of Renal Function and Cardiovascular Risk Following Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients With and Without Diabetes Mellitus. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2008, 101: 925-929. PMID: 18359309, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.11.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionRenal dysfunctionRenal functionMyocardial infarctionCV outcomesDiabetes mellitusHigh-risk acute myocardial infarctionCox proportional modelingAdverse CV outcomesComposite cardiovascular eventsComposite end pointIndependent risk factorRenal Disease equationGlomerular filtration rateReduced renal functionBaseline creatinineCV eventsMean eGFRCardiovascular eventsCV diseaseCV riskVentricular dysfunctionCardiovascular riskHeart failureOverall mortalityPredictors of the first heart failure hospitalization in patients who are stable survivors of myocardial infarction complicated by pulmonary congestion and/or left ventricular dysfunction: a VALIANT study
Lewis EF, Velazquez EJ, Solomon SD, Hellkamp AS, McMurray JJ, Mathias J, Rouleau JL, Maggioni AP, Swedberg K, Kober L, White H, Dalby AJ, Francis GS, Zannad F, Califf RM, Pfeffer MA. Predictors of the first heart failure hospitalization in patients who are stable survivors of myocardial infarction complicated by pulmonary congestion and/or left ventricular dysfunction: a VALIANT study. European Heart Journal 2008, 29: 748-756. PMID: 18308687, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure hospitalizationMyocardial infarctionFailure hospitalizationHigh-risk acute myocardial infarctionFirst heart failure hospitalizationHigh-risk myocardial infarctionStable post-MI patientsIndex myocardial infarctionRecurrent myocardial infarctionPrior myocardial infarctionLong-term survivorsPost-MI patientsRisk of deathAcute myocardial infarctionOnset of HFAntecedent diabetesTime-dependent fashionVALIANT studyCardiovascular deathInitial hospitalizationVentricular dysfunctionMost patientsRenal functionIndependent predictorsPrognostic factors