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Angiopoietin-2 as a Prognostic Biomarker of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have higher prevalence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and all-cause mortality. Endothelial damage and dysfunction have been regarded as early portents of MACE in CKD patients. Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) impairs endothelial function and pro...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Yi-Chun, Lee, Chee-Siong, Chiu, Yi-Wen, Kuo, Hung-Tien, Lee, Su-Chu, Hwang, Shang-Jyh, Kuo, Mei-Chuan, Chen, Hung-Chun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26274392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135181