Kidney Stones and Cardiovascular Events: A Cohort Study.

CONCLUSIONS: The occurrence of a kidney stone is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular events, including AMI, PTCA/CABG, and stroke.
PMID: 24311706 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - December 5, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Alexander RT, Hemmelgarn BR, Wiebe N, Bello A, Samuel S, Klarenbach SW, Curhan GC, Tonelli M, for the Alberta Kidney Disease Network Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research