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The Relationship Between Renal Function and Cardiac Structure, Function, and Prognosis After Myocardial Infarction

The VALIANT Echo Study

Anil Verma, MD^_*, Nagesh S. Anavekar, MD, Alessandra Meris, MD^_*, Jens Jakob Thune, MD^_*, J. Malcolm O. Arnold, MD, Jalal K. Ghali, MD, Eric J. Velazquez, MD^||, John J.V. McMurray, MD^¶, Marc A. Pfeffer, MD, PhD^_* and Scott D. Solomon, MD^_*,_*

^_* Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Baker Heart Institute, Melbourne, Australia
University Hospital, LHSC, London, Ontario, Canada
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
^|| Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
^¶ Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland

View larger version (13K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 1 Relationship Between eGFR and EDV, LAVI, LVMI, and LVM to LV EDV Ratio Reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was significantly associated with a lower left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic volume (EDV) and increasing left atrial volume index (LAVI), left ventricular mass index (LVMI), and left ventricular mass (LVM)/LV EDV ratio.