Preoperative left ventricular dysfunction predisposes to postoperative acute kidney injury and long-term mortality.
Conclusion: Patients with preoperatively LVD have an increased risk of developing AKI after vascular surgery. The occurrence of AKI in patients with LVD has an incremental predictive value toward cardiovascular mortality risk during long-term follow-up.
PMID: 21360471 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)