Elevated concentrations of cardiac troponins are associated with severe coronary artery calcification in asymptomatic haemodialysis patients

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Magdi Hussein et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2005 Jun.

. 2005 Jun;20(6):1271; author reply 1271.

doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfh849. Epub 2005 Apr 26.

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Elevated concentrations of cardiac troponins are associated with severe coronary artery calcification in asymptomatic haemodialysis patients.
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