Increased risk of acute coronary syndrome among patients with urinary stone disease: a nationwide population-based cohort study.

Urinary stones (US) are associated with systemic metabolic and endocrine disorders that share risk factors typically associated with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).For this investigation, 30,142 patients with US were set as the research group, and 121,768 randomly selected patients were set as the co...

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Main Authors: Shun-Fa Hung, Chao-Yuan Huang, Cheng-Li Lin, Shiu-Dong Chung, Chi-Jung Chung, Chia-Hung Kao, Chao-Hsiang Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4092153?pdf=render