Renal infarction is a rare condition with an incidence of 0.004–0.007% at presentation to an emergency department 1,2 and 1.4% at post mortem. 3 Diagnosis is often delayed, by an average of 4 ...

Acute renal infarction (ARI) is a rare disease that is often misdiagnosed initially because of its nonspecific presentation. In this Case Study, Nasser and colleagues describe a patient with ARI ...

Patients With Renal Disease Under-treated After Myocardial Infarction Date: September 7, 2009 Source: Karolinska Institutet Summary: People with kidney disease undergo balloon dilation treatment ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- People with kidney disease undergo balloon dilation treatment after myocardial infarction less frequently, and therefore have a poorer prognosis.

The presence of mild-to-moderate renal impairment after myocardial infarction increases the rate of adverse outcomes at 30 and 180 days. 6,9,18–20 Because previous studies used smaller cohorts ...

The mortality associated with cardiogenic shock in acute myocardial infarction can be reduced with the use of early revascularization, predominantly percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), to ...