What is it about?
Patients of ACS have worse outcomes if their eGFR is < 90 ml/min, even if thier serum creatinine is not overtly abnormal (> 1.5 mg/dl).
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Why is it important?
eGFR has better predictive value for predicting outcomes than serum creatinine.Hence , use of eGFR is advocated by ESC guidelines and is a part of CRUSADE score.
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This page is a summary of: Evaluation of short-term outcomes of impaired creatinine clearance in patients with acute coronary syndromes: A prospective cohort study at tertiary care center, Heart India, January 2018, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/heartindia.heartindia_9_18.
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