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Distribution and Clinical Utility of the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes Chronic Kidney Disease Risk Classification in Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Paper C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This study checked how often a standard kidney disease risk tool matched patients’ actual risk when they were getting heart surgery for atrial fibrillation. It found the tool often misclassified risk, showing a link between the tool and outcomes but not proving it causes better or worse results.

Who did this work

Hironori Ishiguchi (Yamaguchi University) · Yasuhiro Yoshiga (Yamaguchi University) · Shintaro Hashimoto (Yamaguchi University) · Masakazu Fukuda (Yamaguchi University) · Goki Nakashima (Yamaguchi University) · Masafumi Fujinaka (Yamaguchi University) · Masaki Shibuya (Yamaguchi University) · Takuya Omuro (Yamaguchi University) · Shigeki Kobayashi (Yamaguchi University) · Motoaki Sano (Yamaguchi University)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-29
https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.126.049254