Potential role of differential medication use in explaining excess risk of cardiovascular events and death associated with chronic kidney disease: A cohort study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are less likely to receive cardiovascular medications. It is unclear whether differential cardiovascular drug use explains, in part, the excess risk of cardiovascular events and death in pat...

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Main Authors: Fortmann Stephen P, Iribarren Carlos, Chandra Malini, Hsu Chi-yuan, Bansal Nisha, Hlatky Mark A, Go Alan S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/12/44