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Nature Reviews Cardiology 3, 349–350 (1 July 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0565

Kidney function level can be used to predict survival among patients with CVD

Hemmelgarn BR et al. (2006) Refined characterization of the association between kidney function and mortality in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. Eur Heart J 27: 1191–1197 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease.