| Title | Serum blood urea nitrogen as an independent marker of subsequent mortality among patients with acute coronary syndromes and normal to mildly reduced glomerular filtration rates. | | Author(s) | Kirtane AJ, Leder DM, Waikar SS, Chertow GM, Ray KK, Pinto DS, Karmpaliotis D, Burger AJ, Murphy SA, Cannon CP, Braunwald E, Gibson CM, TIMI Study Group | | Institution | Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. | | Source | J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 Jun 7; 45(11):1781-6. | | MeSH | Aged
Angina, Unstable
Biological Markers
Blood Urea Nitrogen
Creatinine
Female
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction
Predictive Value of Tests
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Survival Analysis
Syndrome
| | Abstract | OBJECTIVES: We hypothesized that elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) would be associated with adverse outcomes independent of serum creatinine (sCr)-based estimates of kidney function in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS).
BACKGROUND: Although lower glomerular filtration rates (GFR) have prognostic significance among patients with ACS, estimates of GFR based on sCr may perform less accurately among patients with milder kidney dysfunction. In this population in particular, BUN, which can reflect increased proximal tubular reabsorption in addition to decreased GFR, may have independent prognostic value.
METHODS: Data were drawn from 9,420 patients with unstable coronary syndromes from Orbofiban in Patients With Unstable Coronary Syndromes-Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (OPUS-TIMI)-16, a trial that excluded patients with sCr >1.6 mg/dl or estimated creatinine clearance <40 ml/min.
RESULTS: Patients with elevated BUN were older, had a higher prevalence of comorbidities, and had higher heart rates, lower systolic blood pressures, and an abnormal Killip class more often on admission. In univariate analyses, as well as in stratified and multivariable analyses including sCr-based estimates of GFR as a covariate, a stepwise increase in mortality occurred with increasing BUN (multivariable hazard ratio with BUN 20 to 25 mg/dl 1.9, 95% confidence interval 1.3 to 2.6; with BUN >/=25 mg/dl 3.2 [95% confidence interval 2.2 to 4.7]) compared with BUN </=20 mg/dl. A higher BUN was also associated with increased mortality among strata of troponin-I, B-type natriuretic peptide, and C-reactive protein concentrations.
CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with unstable coronary syndromes and predominantly normal or mildly reduced GFR, an elevated BUN is associated with increased mortality, independent of sCr-based estimates of GFR and other biomarkers. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 15936606 |
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