The COMT-polymorphism is not associated with the incidence of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery – a prospective cohort study

The COMT-polymorphism is not associated with the incidence of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery – a prospective cohort study

Abstract Background The Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) represents the key enzyme in catecholamine degradation. Recent studies suggest that the COMT rs4680 polymorphism is associated with the response to endogenous and exogenous catecholamines. There are, however, conflicting data regarding the...

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Main Authors: Mehmet Oezkur, Attila Magyar, Phillip Thomas, Andreas Reif, Stefan Störk, Peter U. Heuschmann, Rainer G. Leyh, Martin Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
AKI
KDIGO
Cardiac surgery
COMT
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-018-0820-x

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