Clinical ResearchRenal Function in Acute Coronary SyndromeCockcroft-Gault Versus Modification of Diet in Renal Disease: Importance of Glomerular Filtration Rate Formula for Classification of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients With Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
Renal Function in Acute Coronary Syndrome
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACC/AHA
American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
BMI
body mass index
CI
confidence interval
CKD
chronic kidney disease
C-G
Cockcroft-Gault
eGFR
estimated glomerular filtration rate
GFR
glomerular filtration rate
GP
glycoprotein
MDRD
Modification of Diet in Renal Disease
NSTE ACS
non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes
OR
odds ratio
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The CRUSADE initiative is a National Quality Improvement Initiative of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. The CRUSADE initiative is funded by the Schering-Plough Corporation. The Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership provides additional funding support. Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., funded part of this work. This work is also supported, in part, by a grant from the National Institute on Aging (R01 AG025312-01A1, PI Peterson). More information on CRUSADE can be found at http://www.crusadeqi.com.
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