Cardiac troponin and C-reactive protein for predicting all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease: A meta-analysis

Elevated serum levels of cardiac troponin and C-reactive protein are associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease. However, the relationship between these two biomarker levels and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease remains unclear. We...

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Main Authors: Wei-Jie Li, Xu-Miao Chen, Xiao-Ying Nie, Jing Zhang, Yun-Jiu Cheng, Xiao-Xiong Lin, Su-Hua Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2015-04-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322015000400301&lng=en&tlng=en