Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2877054 | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2012 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
When urinary L-FABP and NAG are combined, they can detect AKI adequately, even in a heterogeneous population of adult post-cardiac surgery AKI. Combining 2 markers with different sensitivity and specificity presents a reasonable strategy to improve the diagnostic performance of biomarkers.
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Authors
Daisuke MD, Kent MD, PhD, Kenjiro MD, Kousuke MD, PhD, Toshiro MD, PhD, Motoyuki MD, PhD, Minoru MD, PhD, Takehiro MD, PhD, Naoki MD, PhD, Masao MD, Takayasu MD, PhD, Shuzo MD, PhD, Takeshi PhD, Eisei MD, PhD,