Evaluation of renal tubulointerstitial damage as a residual renal risk factor for adverse cardiac events in patients with myocardial infarction

CONCLUSION: Renal tubulointerstitial damage, as assessed by urinary β2MG, is associated with the occurrence of cardiac death and recurrence of MI independent of renal glomerular function in patients with MI.PMID:33832808 | DOI:10.1016/j.jjcc.2021.02.006

Source: Journal of Cardiology - April 9, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Tsuyoshi Kobayashi Takamitsu Nakamura Manabu Uematsu Takeo Horikoshi Toru Yoshizaki Yosuke Watanabe Daisuke Fujioka Yukio Saito Kazuto Nakamura Jyunei Obata Kiyotaka Kugiyama Source Type: research