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Acute kidney injury, baseline renal function, troponin, and survival after myocardial infarction

Paper C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

In people who had a heart attack, this study looked at whether sudden kidney injury, starting kidney function, and troponin, a blood marker of heart damage, predicted who survived. Weaker kidney function and a kidney injury during the hospital stay both tracked with worse survival. This is observational, so it shows a link, not proof that the kidney injury itself caused the deaths. The practical point: kidney numbers deserve attention during heart care, not just after it.

Who did this work

Bing Lü (VA Boston Healthcare System) · Jacqueline Honerlaw (VA Boston Healthcare System) · Yuk-Lam Ho (VA Boston Healthcare System) · Daniel Posner (VA Boston Healthcare System) · David Gagnon (Boston University) · Xuan‐Mai T. Nguyen (Brigham and Women's Hospital) · Jason L. Vassy (Brigham and Women's Hospital) · J. Michael Gaziano (Brigham and Women's Hospital) · Kelly Cho (Brigham and Women's Hospital) · Luc Djoussé (Brigham and Women's Hospital) · Peter W. F. Wilson (Emory University)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-08-19
https://doi.org/10.3389/fneph.2026.1761672