Troponin T is an independent predictor of mortality in renal transplant recipients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1019-1025

  Connolly, Grainne M ^a   Cunningham, Ronan ^b   McNamee, Peter T ^b   Young, Ian S ^a   Maxwell, Alexander P ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular events; Renal transplantation; Risk factors; Survival

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; BLOOD; KIDNEY FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN T;

EID: 42449118501     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm738     Document Type: Article

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