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Ankle-brachial Index for the Prognosis of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Mild Renal Insufficiency
OBJECTIVE: A low ankle-brachial index (ABI) is a known predictor for future cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). While most prior studies have defined CKD as an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 mL/min/1.73 m(2), recent reports have sugg...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596268/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28781301 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8215-16 |