F Schiele1. 1. Service de cardiologie, EA479, hôpital universitaire Jean-Minjoz, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France. francois.schiele@ufc-chu.univ-fcomte.fr
Abstract
PURPOSE: The prognostic significance of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was studied in a registry of 754 patients admitted for myocardial infarction in Franche Comté; 333 of them had STEMI. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One-year mortality was 11.5%: 2.3% in the group with normal GFR, 9.4% in the group with moderate renal failure, and 24.2% in the group with severe renal failure. GFR increased the prognostic value of conventional risk scores. CONCLUSION: Chronic renal failure therefore appears as a major independent predictor of mortality after myocardial infarction.
PURPOSE: The prognostic significance of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was studied in a registry of 754 patients admitted for myocardial infarction in Franche Comté; 333 of them had STEMI. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One-year mortality was 11.5%: 2.3% in the group with normal GFR, 9.4% in the group with moderate renal failure, and 24.2% in the group with severe renal failure. GFR increased the prognostic value of conventional risk scores. CONCLUSION:Chronic renal failure therefore appears as a major independent predictor of mortality after myocardial infarction.