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Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2006) 3, 349-350
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0565  

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

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease. Researchers in Canada have explored the association between kidney function and survival in 8,521 patients who underwent cardiac catheterization, and have investigated the threshold at which risk of mortality becomes raised.

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