Acute and Chronic Cardiovascular Consequences of Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Introduction: We examined whether patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) have a higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF), heart failure (HF), acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in the short and long term compared to patients without AKI, and if that risk is related to the severity of AKI. Furthermore, we investigated the influence of a cardiac event following AKI on the risk of all-cause mortality, length of stay in the intensive care unit and in the hospital.

Methods: We included English and Dutch retrospective and prospective cohort studies on adults (≥15 years) with AKI.