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Cardiac biomarkers to evaluate the cardiovascular risk in CKD patients
| BNP and TnT | |
| – have a diagnostic power to predict cardiovascular disease in patients with CKD | |
| – have been validated as good predictors and prognostic markers in dialysis patients | |
| NT-proBNP | TnT |
| – is a marker of LV dysfunction and cardiovascular congestion | – is a useful screening tool for asymptomatic CAD in CKD |
