Chronic kidney disease (CKD), defined as reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and/or proteinuria, markedly increases the risk for cardiovascular events in the general population. Chronic kidney disease is a major cardiovascular risk factor, but whether it independently increases the risk for ischemic stroke in persons with AF is unknown, according to the article.
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Theheart.org, A heart disease information sites
theheart.org is owned and produced by Medscape. It provides information on caring for people with disorders of the heart and circulation, and on preventing such disorders.
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Relationship between low lymphocyte count and major cardiac events in patients with acute chest pain, a non-diagnostic electrocardiogram and normal troponin levels.
OBJECTIVE: Risk stratification of patients with acute chest pain, non-diagnostic electrocardiogram and normal troponin (ACPneg) remains a challenge, partly because no standardized set of biomarkers with prognostic ability has been identified in this population.
Lymphopenia has been associated with atherosclerosis progression and adverse outcomes in cardiovascular diseases; although its prognostic value in ACPneg is unknown.We sought [...]
