Clinicians often dichotomize coronary artery disease (CAD) on the basis of obstruction to blood flow given the implications of this threshold on considerations for revascularization. As a result, nonobstructive CAD is often characterized as less significant, although this may oversimplify the risks associated with nonobstructive disease. In this retrospective cohort of patients who underwent elective […]
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Renal function markers and cardiovascular risk
Although a low glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and albuminuria have previously been independently linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, it has not been established whether either measurement adds additional prognostic information beyond that of traditional cardiovascular risk factors. […]