ALBUMINURIA AS A LONG-TERM PREDICTOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS AMONG PATIENTS WITH DIABETES AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: MASS REGISTRY INSIGHTS

Authors :: Whady Hueb
Rafael Carvalho da Silva
Jaime Paula Pessoa Linhares Filho
José Antonio Franchini Ramires
Eduardo Gomes Lima
Daniel Valente Batista
D F C Azevedo
Paulo Cury Rezende
Eduardo Vieira Martins
Roberto Kalil-Filho
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73:180
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2019.
Abstract: Albuminuria has been recognized as a biomarker of kidney injury and as a cardiovascular risk marker. Its usefulness to detect diabetic nephropathy encourages physicians to measure proteinuria or albuminuria routinely. However, there is a lack of evidence of its prognostic impact in a long-term

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