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Biomarkers of Cardiovascular and Renal Disease Improve Risk Assessment Over Established Risk Factors
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Biomarkers of Cardiovascular and Renal Disease Improve Risk Assessment Over Established Risk Factors |
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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574543?src=rss |
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In men with and without cardiovascular disease, the addition of several biomarkers of cardiovascular and renal dysfunction significantly improves risk stratification for death from cardiovascular causes beyond other models based only on established cardiovascular risk factors, according to the results of a new study. Heartwire |
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Articles > Cardiology |
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May 16, 2008 |
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