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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Arq Bras Cardiol</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">1678-4170</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36660/abc.20250414</article-id>
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          <subject>Minieditorial</subject>
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        <article-title>Fun&#231;&#227;o Renal e Risco Cardiovascular: Um Aliado Progn&#243;stico Negligenciado</article-title>
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          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-7058-799X</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Soares</surname>
            <given-names>Gabriel Porto</given-names>
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            <sup>1</sup>
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            <sup>2</sup>
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          <name>
            <surname>Salim</surname>
            <given-names>Thais Rocha</given-names>
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            <sup>1</sup>
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          <institution content-type="orgname">Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro</institution>
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            <named-content content-type="city">Rio de Janeiro</named-content>
            <named-content content-type="state">RJ</named-content>
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          <country country="BR">Brasil</country>
          <institution content-type="original">Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ &#8211; Brasil</institution>
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          <institution content-type="orgname">Universidade de Vassouras</institution>
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            <named-content content-type="city">Rio de Janeiro</named-content>
            <named-content content-type="state">RJ</named-content>
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        <corresp id="c1"><label>Correspond&#234;ncia:</label><bold>Gabriel Porto Soares</bold> &#8226; Rua Professor Rodolpho Paulo Rocco, 255. CEP <postal-code>21941-913</postal-code>, Cidade Universit&#225;ria, Campus do Fund&#227;o, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil E-mail: <email>gp.soares@yahoo.com.br</email> </corresp>
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        <day>25</day>
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2025</year>
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        <year>2025</year>
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      <volume>122</volume>
      <issue>7</issue>
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        <date date-type="received">
          <day>11</day>
          <month>06</month>
          <year>2025</year>
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          <day>18</day>
          <month>06</month>
          <year>2025</year>
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          <day>18</day>
          <month>06</month>
          <year>2025</year>
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        <title>Palavras-chave</title>
        <kwd>Fun&#231;&#227;o Renal</kwd>
        <kwd>Risco Cardiovascular</kwd>
        <kwd>Mortalidade</kwd>
        <kwd>S&#237;ndrome Coronariana Aguda</kwd>
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    <p>A suban&#225;lise do <italic>Catarina Heart Study</italic> traz evid&#234;ncias relevantes e oportunas para uma rela&#231;&#227;o cl&#237;nica bem conhecida, por&#233;m frequentemente subestimada: o impacto da fun&#231;&#227;o renal nos desfechos cardiovasculares. Ao demonstrar que a menor depura&#231;&#227;o de creatinina na admiss&#227;o hospitalar prediz, de forma independente, eventos cardiovasculares adversos maiores (MACE) e mortalidade ap&#243;s infarto agudo do mioc&#225;rdio (IAM), o estudo refor&#231;a o rim como um &#243;rg&#227;o progn&#243;stico essencial em cardiologia.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup></p>
    <p>A intera&#231;&#227;o cardiorrenal n&#227;o &#233; um conceito novo. A rela&#231;&#227;o bidirecional entre o cora&#231;&#227;o e os rins foi documentada em estudos de larga escala, como o <italic>Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium</italic><sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> e o ARIC.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup> O que torna a presente an&#225;lise relevante &#233; sua aplicabilidade pr&#225;tica e local: em uma popula&#231;&#227;o brasileira, utilizando uma ferramenta simples e amplamente dispon&#237;vel &#8212; a depura&#231;&#227;o de creatinina pela f&#243;rmula de Cockcroft-Gault &#8212; os m&#233;dicos podem identificar pacientes de alto risco precocemente no curso do IAM.</p>
    <p>A for&#231;a do estudo reside na clareza de sua mensagem: a disfun&#231;&#227;o renal importa &#8212; mesmo em n&#237;veis moderados &#8212; e importa precocemente. O fato de uma redu&#231;&#227;o modesta na depura&#231;&#227;o (p. ex., &lt; 60 mL/min) j&#225; corresponder a taxas elevadas de MACE corrobora os achados de registros internacionais como o ensaio VALIANT<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup> e o registro GRACE.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup> Esses estudos, em conjunto, enfatizam que a insufici&#234;ncia renal n&#227;o &#233; apenas uma comorbidade, mas um fator contribuinte ativo para o risco cardiovascular.</p>
    <p>Em muitos protocolos de s&#237;ndrome coronariana aguda, a aten&#231;&#227;o &#233; direcionada para a fra&#231;&#227;o de eje&#231;&#227;o, troponinas e cronogramas de reperfus&#227;o. Embora estes sejam indubitavelmente essenciais, este estudo exige um reequil&#237;brio desse foco. A fun&#231;&#227;o renal deve ser integrada aos algoritmos de estratifica&#231;&#227;o de risco precoce, principalmente por ser barata, reprodut&#237;vel e prognosticamente poderosa.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup></p>
    <p>As implica&#231;&#245;es para a pr&#225;tica cl&#237;nica s&#227;o diretas. A identifica&#231;&#227;o de pacientes com fun&#231;&#227;o renal comprometida pode refinar decis&#245;es sobre estrat&#233;gias invasivas, uso de contraste, farmacoterapia (como ajuste de dose de antitromb&#243;ticos) e intensidade do acompanhamento. Assim, a fun&#231;&#227;o renal transcende um r&#243;tulo diagn&#243;stico e se torna uma ferramenta de tomada de decis&#227;o cl&#237;nica.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup></p>
    <p>Este editorial tamb&#233;m elogia os autores por reconhecerem fatores de risco cardiovascular n&#227;o tradicionais &#8212; como fosfato e &#225;cido &#250;rico &#8212; que s&#227;o influenciados pela insufici&#234;ncia renal e contribuem ainda mais para danos vasculares. Embora estes n&#227;o tenham sido medidos no estudo atual, a men&#231;&#227;o destaca uma vis&#227;o mais ampla do risco cardiovascular al&#233;m do colesterol e da press&#227;o arterial.</p>
    <p>Existem limita&#231;&#245;es, como reconhecido pelos autores, particularmente no desenho observacional, na aus&#234;ncia de dados sobre albumin&#250;ria e na exclus&#227;o de pacientes gravemente enfermos. Ainda assim, o tamanho da amostra, o cen&#225;rio real e a abordagem estat&#237;stica robusta (incluindo ajustes de regress&#227;o de Cox) conferem credibilidade &#224;s conclus&#245;es.</p>
    <p>&#201; importante ressaltar que o estudo acrescenta dados brasileiros a um campo frequentemente dominado por coortes estadunidenses e europeias. Evid&#234;ncias locais como essas s&#227;o cruciais para a adapta&#231;&#227;o de estrat&#233;gias de sa&#250;de p&#250;blica e para subsidiar diretrizes nacionais.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup></p>
    <p>Em conclus&#227;o, a avalia&#231;&#227;o da fun&#231;&#227;o renal &#8212; especialmente por meio da depura&#231;&#227;o da creatinina &#8212; n&#227;o &#233; uma preocupa&#231;&#227;o exclusiva da nefrologia. Na cardiologia, ela precisa ser resgatada como um indicador progn&#243;stico de primeira linha. Este estudo &#233; um chamado &#224; a&#231;&#227;o para que os m&#233;dicos revigorem uma ferramenta antiga com nova relev&#226;ncia. O rim pode ser silencioso, mas seu impacto no cora&#231;&#227;o &#233; intenso.</p>
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        <p>Associa&#231;&#227;o entre a Fun&#231;&#227;o Renal e a Incid&#234;ncia de Desfechos Cardiovasculares Maiores em 1 Ano Ap&#243;s o Primeiro Infarto Agudo do Mioc&#225;rdio</p>
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          <year>2016</year>
          <volume>133</volume>
          <issue>4</issue>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36660/abc.20250414i</article-id>
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          <subject>Short Editorial</subject>
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        <article-title>Renal Function and Cardiovascular Risk: An Overlooked Prognostic Ally</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Soares</surname>
            <given-names>Gabriel Porto</given-names>
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            <sup>1</sup>
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            <surname>Salim</surname>
            <given-names>Thais Rocha</given-names>
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            <named-content content-type="city">Rio de Janeiro</named-content>
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          <institution content-type="original">Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ &#8211; Brazil</institution>
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          <country country="BR">Brazil</country>
          <institution content-type="original">Universidade de Vassouras, Rio de Janeiro, RJ &#8211; Brazil</institution>
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        <corresp id="c2"><label>Mailing Address:</label><bold>Gabriel Porto Soares</bold> &#8226; Rua Professor Rodolpho Paulo Rocco, 255. Postal Code <postal-code>21941-913</postal-code>, Cidade Universit&#225;ria, Campus do Fund&#227;o, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil E-mail: <email>gp.soares@yahoo.com.br</email> </corresp>
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      <p>The subanalysis of the <italic>Catarina Heart Study</italic> brings relevant and timely evidence to a well-known yet often underappreciated clinical relationship: the impact of renal function on cardiovascular outcomes. By showing that lower creatinine clearance at hospital admission independently predicts major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the study reinforces the kidney as an essential prognostic organ in cardiology.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup></p>
      <p>Cardiorenal interaction is not a novel concept. The bidirectional relationship between the heart and kidneys has been documented in large-scale studies like the Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> and ARIC.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup> What makes the present analysis relevant is its practical and local applicability: in a Brazilian population, using a simple, widely available tool&#8212;creatinine clearance by the Cockcroft-Gault formula&#8212;clinicians can identify high-risk patients early in the course of AMI.</p>
      <p>The study's strength lies in the clarity of its message: renal dysfunction matters&#8212;even at moderate levels&#8212;and it matters early. The fact that a modest reduction in clearance (e.g., &lt;60 mL/min) already corresponds with elevated MACE rates echoes findings from international registries like the VALIANT trial<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup> and the GRACE registry.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup> These studies collectively emphasize that kidney impairment is not merely a comorbidity but an active contributor to cardiovascular risk.</p>
      <p>In many acute coronary syndrome protocols, attention is skewed toward ejection fraction, troponins, and reperfusion timelines. While these are undoubtedly essential, this study calls for rebalancing that focus. Renal function should be integrated into early risk stratification algorithms, particularly because it is inexpensive, reproducible, and prognostically powerful.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup></p>
      <p>The implications for clinical practice are direct. Identifying patients with impaired renal function could refine decisions on invasive strategies, contrast use, pharmacotherapy (such as dosage adjustment for antithrombotics), and follow-up intensity. As such, renal function transcends a diagnostic label and becomes a clinical decision-making tool.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup></p>
      <p>This editorial also commends the authors for recognizing non-traditional cardiovascular risk factors&#8212;like phosphate and uric acid&#8212;that are influenced by renal impairment and further contribute to vascular damage. While these were not measured in the current study, the mention highlights a broader vision of cardiovascular risk beyond cholesterol and blood pressure.</p>
      <p>Limitations exist, as acknowledged by the authors, particularly in the observational design, absence of albuminuria data, and exclusion of critically ill patients. Still, the sample size, real-world setting, and robust statistical approach (including Cox regression adjustments) lend credibility to the conclusions.</p>
      <p>Importantly, the study adds Brazilian data to a field often dominated by North American and European cohorts. Local evidence like this is crucial for tailoring public health strategies and informing national guidelines.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup></p>
      <p>In conclusion, renal function assessment&#8212;especially via creatinine clearance&#8212;is not just a nephrology concern. In cardiology, it must be reclaimed as a frontline prognostic indicator. This study is a call to action for clinicians to dust off an old tool with new relevance. The kidney may be silent, but its impact on the heart is loud.</p>
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          <label>Short Editorial related to the article:</label>
          <p>Association between Renal Function and the Incidence of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes 1 Year After the First Acute Myocardial Infarction</p>
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