Kidney Function Alters the Relationship between Postoperative Troponin T Level and Death

Kidney Function Alters the Relationship between Postoperative Troponin T Level and Death

Cardiac troponin T (cTnT), even at low concentrations, is a risk factor for 30-day mortality in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, but it is uncertain whether that risk is generalizable to patients with poor kidney function. We, therefore, evaluated the relationship between cTnT concentration a...

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Main Authors: Walsh, M., Wang, C.Y., Ong, G.S.Y., Tan, A.S.B., Mansor, M., Shariffuddin, I.I., Hashim, N.H.M., Lai, H.Y., Undok, A.W., Kolandaivel, U.N., Vajiravelu, V., Garg, A.X., Cuerden, M., Guyatt, G., Thabane, L., Mooney, J., Lee, V., Chow, C., Devereaux, P.J.
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Published: American Society of Nephrology 2015
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R Medicine

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