Risk Of Death Persists In Heart Patients With Acute Kidney Injury, Study Shows

Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 22:21 in Health & Medicine

Acute kidney injury, a common complication of cardiac surgery during hospitalization, is linked to increased and prolonged risk of death in heart attack patients who have been discharged from the hospital, according to a study published in Archives of Internal Medicine.

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