Open AccessDerivation and validation of a disease-specific risk score for cardiac risk stratification in chronic kidney disease
Author(s) -
Kirsten A. Armstrong,
Dhrubo J Rakhit,
Colin Case,
David W. Johnson,
Nicole M. Isbel,
Thomas H. Marwick
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfh980
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , hazard ratio , myocardial infarction , proportional hazards model , framingham risk score , cardiology , receiver operating characteristic , population , risk assessment , dialysis , disease , confidence interval , computer security , computer science , environmental health
Cardiac events (CE; cardiac death, non-fatal myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndrome) are the principal causes of death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We sought to devise and validate a cardiac risk score to risk-stratify patients with CKD.
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