Ankle-brachial Index for the Prognosis of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Mild Renal Insufficiency

OBJECTIVE: A low ankle-brachial index (ABI) is a known predictor for future cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). While most prior studies have defined CKD as an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 mL/min/1.73 m(2), recent reports have sugg...

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Published in:Intern Med
Main Authors: Nishimura, Hitoshi, Miura, Takashi, Minamisawa, Masatoshi, Ueki, Yasushi, Abe, Naoyuki, Hashizume, Naoto, Mochidome, Tomoaki, Harada, Mikiko, Shimizu, Kunihiko, Shoin, Wataru, Yoshie, Koji, Oguchi, Yasutaka, Ebisawa, Soichiro, Motoki, Hirohiko, Izawa, Atsushi, Koyama, Jun, Ikeda, Uichi, Kuwahara, Koichiro
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596268/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28781301
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8215-16
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