Is glomerular filtration rate related to severity of obstructive coronary artery disease in patients undergoing coronary angiography?
A reduced kidney function, even mildly, is significantly associated with CAD severity, independently of other traditional CAD risk factors.
ProBNP(1-108) is secreted by nonfailing and failing human hearts, but more so in the latter. It remains to be established where peripheral processing of proBNP(1-108) occurs and how this is affected by disease.