Grace Smith

1998	BA	Rice University
2000	MPH	Yale University
2007 expected	MD, PhD	Yale University

Mentor

Harlan Krumholz, MD

Project Title

Renal impairment in heart failure: Prevalence, prognosis, and detection

Publications

1. Shlipak MG, Smith GL, Rathore SS, Massie BM, Krumholz HM. Renal function, digoxin therapy, and heart failure outcomes: evidence from the digoxin intervention group trial. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2004 Aug;15(8):2195-203.
2. Smith GL, Shlipak MG, Havranek EP, Masoudi FA, McClellan WM, Foody JM, Rathore SS, Krumholz HM. Race and renal impairment in heart failure: mortality in blacks versus whites. Circulation. 2005 Mar 15;111(10):1270-7.
3. Parikh CR, Coca SG, Smith GL, Vaccarino V, Krumholz HM. Impact of chronic kidney disease on health- related quality-of-life improvement after coronary artery bypass surgery. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Oct 9;166(18):2014-9.
4. Brosius FC 3rd, Hostetter TH, Kelepouris E, Mitsnefes MM, Moe SM, Moore MA, Pennathur S, Smith GL, Wilson PW. Detection of chronic kidney disease in patients with or at increased risk of cardiovascular disease: a science advisory from the American Heart Association Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease Council; the Councils on High Blood Pressure Research, Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and Epidemiology and Prevention; and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group: Developed in Collaboration With the National Kidney Foundation. Hypertension. 2006 Oct;48(4):751-
5. Brosius FC 3rd, Hostetter TH, Kelepouris E, Mitsnefes MM, Moe SM, Moore MA, Pennathur S, Smith
GL, Wilson PW. Detection of chronic kidney disease in patients with or at increased risk of cardiovascular. disease: a science advisory from the American Heart Association Kidney And Cardiovascular Disease Council; the Councils on High Blood Pressure Research, Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and Epidemiology and Prevention; and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group: developed in collaboration with the National Kidney Foundation. Circulation. 2006 Sep 5;114(10):1083-7
6. Smith GL, Shlipak MG, Havranek EP, Foody JM, Masoudi FA, Rathore SS, Krumholz HM. Serum urea nitrogen, creatinine, and estimators of renal function: mortality in older patients with cardiovascular disease. Arch Intern Med. 2006 May 22;166(10):1134-42.
7. Smith GL, Lichtman JH, Bracken MB, Shlipak MG, Phillips CO, DiCapua P, Krumholz HM. Renali impairment and outcomes in heart failure: systematic review and meta-analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 May 16;47(10):1987-96.

Source(s) of Support

NIH Yale Predoctoral Clinical
Research Training Program
One Year