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21.07.2017 | Short Communication
Kidney disease measures are associated with the burden of coronary atherosclerosis, independently of diabetes
verfasst von:
Maria Maddalena D’Errico, Antonio Mangiacotti, Daniele Graziano, Valentina Massa, Pamela Piscitelli, Gianluigi Vendemiale, Francesca Viazzi, Roberto Pontremoli, Aldo Russo, Nicola Marchese, Carlo Vigna, Salvatore De Cosmo
Erschienen in:
Acta Diabetologica
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Ausgabe 11/2017
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Excerpt
Several lines of evidence suggest that increased urinary albumin excretion and reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are independently associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) and mortality in general population as well as in patients with diabetes [
1]. It has been recently shown that albuminuria correlates with the presence and severity of coronary atherosclerosis [
2] and predicts adverse cardiovascular outcome in patients with CAD [
3]. …