NPPB and congestive heart failure: In the base AKI prediction model containing baseline variables but not NT-proBNP concentrations and LVEF levels, the aORs and 95% CIs of 7 predictors, including sex, ASA physical status, coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, hypertension, the use of RAAS inhibitors,the duration of surgery, and proteinuria, were greater than 1 (all P values < 0.05).