Blood urea nitrogen-to-creatinine ratio in the general population and in patients with acute heart failure

Yuya Matsue; Peter van der Meer; Kevin Damman; Marco Metra; Christopher M O'Connor; Piotr Ponikowski; John R Teerlink; Gad Cotter; Beth Davison; John G Cleland; Michael M Givertz; Daniel M Bloomfield; Howard C Dittrich; Ron T Gansevoort; Stephan J L Bakker; Pim van der Harst; Hans L Hillege; Dirk J van Veldhuisen; Adriaan A Voors

doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310112

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Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

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Blood urea nitrogen-to-creatinine ratio in the general population and in patients with acute heart failure

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Yuya Matsue Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter van der Meer Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kevin Damman Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marco Metra Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christopher M O'Connor Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, Virginia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Piotr Ponikowski Medical University, Clinical Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John R Teerlink San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gad Cotter Momentum Research, Durham, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Beth Davison Momentum Research, Durham, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John G Cleland National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Imperial College, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael M Givertz Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daniel M Bloomfield Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Howard C Dittrich University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Cardiovascular Research Center, Iowa City, Iowa, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ron T Gansevoort Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephan J L Bakker Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Top Institute Food and Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pim van der Harst Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hans L Hillege Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dirk J van Veldhuisen Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Adriaan A Voors Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Adriaan A Voors, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, Groningen 9713 GZ, The Netherlands; a.a.voors{at}umcg.nl

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Matsue Y, van der Meer P, Damman K, et al

Blood urea nitrogen-to-creatinine ratio in the general population and in patients with acute heart failure

Heart 2017;103:407-413.

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Received June 6, 2016
Revised August 24, 2016
Accepted August 29, 2016
First published September 22, 2016.

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October 25, 2017

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