Risk Of Death Persists In Heart Patients With Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

Acute kidney injury (AKI), a common complication of cardiac surgery during hospitalization, is linked to increased and prolonged risk of death in heart attack patients who have been discharged from the hospital, according to a study published in Archives of Internal Medicine by Yale School of Medicine researchers. Led by Chirag Parikh, M.D.

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Filed under: Urology on May 18th, 2008