Uric acid and survival in chronic heart failure: validation and application in metabolic, functional, and hemodynamic staging.

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Published in Circulation on April 21, 2003

Authors

Stefan D Anker1, Wolfram Doehner, Mathias Rauchhaus, Rakesh Sharma, Darrel Francis, Christoph Knosalla, Constantinos H Davos, Mariantonietta Cicoira, Waqar Shamim, Michel Kemp, Robert Segal, Karl Josef Osterziel, Francisco Leyva, Roland Hetzer, Piotr Ponikowski, Andrew J S Coats

Author Affiliations

1: Applied Cachexia Research Unit, Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany. s.anker@ic.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Investigating the Role of Luminal Pressure on Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation | NCT04017806

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