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Limited Value of Cystatin-C over Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate for Heart Failure Risk Stratification

BACKGROUND: To compare the prognostic value of estimated glomerular filtration rate, cystatin-C, an alternative renal biomarker, and their combination, in an outpatient population with heart failure.Estimated glomerular filtration rate is routinely used to assess renal function in heart failure pati...

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Autores principales: Zamora, Elisabet, Lupón, Josep, de Antonio, Marta, Vila, Joan, Galán, Amparo, Gastelurrutia, Paloma, Urrutia, Agustín, Bayes-Genis, Antoni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23240006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051234