John W Ostrominski, Stephen J Greene, Ravi B Patel, Nicole C Solomon, Karen Chiswell, Adam D DeVore, Javed Butler, Paul A Heidenreich, Joanna C Huang, Michelle M Kittleson, Karen E Joynt Maddox, Karthik K Linganathan, James J McDermott, Anjali Tiku Owens, Pamela N Peterson, Scott D Solomon, Orly Vardeny, Clyde W Yancy, Gregg C Fonarow, Muthiah Vaduganathan
IMPORTANCE: Kidney health has received increasing focus as part of comprehensive heart failure (HF) treatment efforts. However, the occurrence of clinically relevant kidney outcomes in contemporary populations with HF has not been well studied. OBJECTIVE: To examine rates of incident dialysis and acute kidney injury (AKI) among Medicare beneficiaries after HF hospitalization. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This retrospective cohort study evaluated adults aged 65 years or older who were hospitalized for HF across 372 sites in the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure registry in the US between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2018...
May 29, 2024: JAMA Cardiology