Patients developing AKI after cardiac surgery presented high prevalence of long-term incident CKD. The duration of AKI was a strong independent risk factor for this late CKD development. Recognition of predictive factors for CKD development following cardiac surgery-associated AKI may help to develop strategies to prevent or halt CKD progression in this population.
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