Association of Renal Insufficiency with Treatment and Outcomes after Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Patients

  1. Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH;
  2. Paul A. Heidenreich, MD, MS;
  3. Haruko Noguchi, PhD;
  4. Glenn M. Chertow, MD, MPH;
  5. Warren S. Browner, MD, MPH; and
  6. Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD
  1. From San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; and Toyo-Eiwa University, Kanagawa, Japan.
    1. Figure 1. < 0.001 by using the log-rank test for differences .
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      Figure 1. < 0.001 by using the log-rank test for differences . Unadjusted 1-year survival for 130 099 elderly patients after myocardial infarction, by initial serum creatinine levels.P(12)
    2. Figure 2. < 0.001 by using the log-rank test for differences .
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      Figure 2. < 0.001 by using the log-rank test for differences . Unadjusted 1-year survival for 130 099 elderly patients after myocardial infarction, by tertiles of creatinine clearance estimated by using the Cockroft–Gault equation.P(12)

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    1. Ann Intern Med October 1, 2002 vol. 137 no. 7 555-562
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