The CKD-EPI is more accurate in clinical outcome prediction than MDRD equation in acute heart failure: data from the Korean Heart Failure (KorHF) Registry

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Aug 10;167(3):1084-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.10.054. Epub 2012 Nov 26.
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Keywords: Acute heart failure; CKD-EPI; Glomerular filtration rate; MDRD.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Databases, Factual / trends
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Feeding Behavior / physiology*
  • Female
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate / physiology*
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis*
  • Heart Failure / metabolism
  • Heart Failure / mortality*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prospective Studies
  • Registries
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / diagnosis*
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / metabolism
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / mortality*
  • Republic of Korea / epidemiology
  • Treatment Outcome