Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. 29(1)
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1569-9285
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OBJECTIVES We investigated the impact of acute kidney failure after a heart valve procedure among patients with or without chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS All patients who had undergone a surgical valve procedure between 2005 and 2017 at our institution were divided into 2 groups depending on whether they had previous history of CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate