title: [Mortality triplicates in acute myocardial infarction patients affected by chronic renal failure].
abstract: In order to calculate the cardiovascular risk in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF), we retrospectively analyzed 1482 acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs) treated in the ICU at C. Poma General Hospital, Mantua, Italy, from 1 December 2004 to 31 July 2007. Of these patients, 133 suffered from CRF at hospital admission (eGFR <40 mL/min/1.73 m2 body surface and/or serum creatinine >2 mg/dL). During hospitalization for AMI, the CRF-affected patients showed a 2.7 times higher relative risk of mortality than patients without CRF (Yates chi square 14.46; p = 0.0001432). The evaluated comorbidities (hypertension, type 2 diabetes, supra-aortic vascular stenosis >70%, previous PTCA, COPD, previous AMI, previous coronary artery bypass and chronic obliterative peripheral arteriopathy) increased the relative risk of death 1.2- to 3.76-fold in those affected. In accord with recent evidence in the international literature, our results point to the importance of early assessment of CRF for the prognosis of patients with AMI.
authors.affiliation: Strutture Complesse di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Dipartimento di Medicina, Azienda Ospedaliera C. Poma, Mantova 46100, Italy. alexserra@alice.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Izzo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tomasi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zanini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Talassi
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Marseglia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tarchini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tardivo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zerman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate