Coronary heart disease is not significantly linked to acute kidney injury identified using Acute Kidney Injury Group criteria
Josef YayanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Vinzentius Hospital, Landau, GermanyBackground: Patients with unstable angina or myocardial infarction are at risk of acute kidney injury, which may be aggravated by the iodine-containing contrast agent used during coronary angiography; however, the relati...
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Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2012-10-01
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Series: | International Journal of General Medicine |
Online Access: | http://www.dovepress.com/coronary-heart-disease-is-not-significantly-linked-to-acute-kidney-inj-a11234 |