Progression of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury into acute kidney disease: A case for enhanced early kidney diagnostic fine-tuning implementation?

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¹ Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University-Klinikum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
² Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University-Klinikum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany; PhD Program in Angio-Cardio-Thoracic Pathophysiology and Imaging, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
³ Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University-Klinikum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany.

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Jurij M Kalisnik et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Dec.

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. 2018 Dec;156(6):2180-2181.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.013.

¹ Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University-Klinikum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
² Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University-Klinikum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany; PhD Program in Angio-Cardio-Thoracic Pathophysiology and Imaging, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
³ Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University-Klinikum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany.

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Predicting kidney disease progression in patients with acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery.
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