• Am. J. Kidney Dis. · Feb 2018

    Acute Kidney Injury and Risk of Incident Heart Failure Among US Veterans.

    • Nisha Bansal, Michael E Matheny, Robert A Greevy, Svetlana K Eden, Amy M Perkins, Sharidan K Parr, James Fly, Khaled Abdel-Kader, Jonathan Himmelfarb, Adriana M Hung, Theodore Speroff, T Alp Ikizler, and Edward D Siew.
    • Kidney Research Institute, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Electronic address: nbansal@uw.edu.
    • Am. J. Kidney Dis. 2018 Feb 1; 71 (2): 236-245.

    BackgroundAcute kidney injury (AKI) is common and associated with poor outcomes. Heart failure is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease among patients with chronic kidney disease. The relationship between AKI and heart failure remains unknown and may identify a novel mechanistic link between kidney and cardiovascular disease.Study DesignObservational study.Setting & ParticipantsWe studied a national cohort of 300,868 hospitalized US veterans (2004-2011) without a history of heart failure.PredictorAKI was the predictor and was defined as a 0.3-mg/dL or 50% increase in serum creatinine concentration from baseline to the peak hospital value. Patients with and without AKI were matched (1:1) on 28 in- and outpatient covariates using optimal Mahalanobis distance matching.OutcomesIncident heart failure was defined as 1 or more hospitalization or 2 or more outpatient visits with a diagnosis of heart failure within 2 years through 2013.ResultsThere were 150,434 matched pairs in the study. Patients with and without AKI during the index hospitalization were well matched, with a median preadmission estimated glomerular filtration rate of 69mL/min/1.73m2. The overall incidence rate of heart failure was 27.8 (95% CI, 19.3-39.9) per 1,000 person-years. The incidence rate was higher in those with compared with those without AKI: 30.8 (95% CI, 21.8-43.5) and 24.9 (95% CI, 16.9-36.5) per 1,000 person-years, respectively. In multivariable models, AKI was associated with 23% increased risk for incident heart failure (HR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.19-1.27).LimitationsStudy population was primarily men, reflecting patients seen at Veterans Affairs hospitals.ConclusionsAKI is an independent risk factor for incident heart failure. Future studies to identify underlying mechanisms and modifiable risk factors are needed.Copyright © 2017 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.

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