Prognostic Value of Cardiac Troponin T Is Independent of Inflammation, Residual Renal Function, and Cardiac Hypertrophy and Dysfunction in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
Author(s) -
Angela YeeMoon Wang,
Christopher Wai-Kei Lam,
Mei Wang,
Iris Hiu-Shuen Chan,
William B. Goggins,
CheukMan Yu,
SiuFai Lui,
John E. Sanderson
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2006.078378
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , peritoneal dialysis , hazard ratio , left ventricular hypertrophy , troponin complex , troponin t , proportional hazards model , dialysis , renal function , kidney disease , coronary artery disease , troponin , myocardial infarction , confidence interval , blood pressure
We investigated whether cardiac troponin T (cTnT) independently predicted outcome and added prognostic value over other clinical risk predictors in chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD) with end-stage renal disease.
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