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Is cystatin C more effective than creatinine in predicting adverse cardiovascular outcomes in elderly people?

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boxed-textShlipak MG et al. (2005) Cystatin C and the risk of death and cardiovascular events among elderly persons. N Engl J Med 352: 2049–2060

Even early signs of renal insufficiency indicate an increased risk of stroke, myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure; treatment in such cases should be directed at reducing proteinuria

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    Sreedhar Mandayam

  2. the Gordon A Cain Professor of Medicine and Director of the Nephrology Division at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

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Mandayam, S., Mitch, W. Is cystatin C more effective than creatinine in predicting adverse cardiovascular outcomes in elderly people?. Nat Rev Nephrol 1, 8–9 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0026

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