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- Title
Review. Microalbuminuria and cardiovascular risk.
- Authors
Lydakis, C; Lip, GYH
- Abstract
The term 'microalbuminuria' has been introduced to describe a measurable increase in urine albumin excretion, which is still within normal total urine protein excretion levels. Many data suggest that microalbuminuria is of value as an index of vascular damage, especially in hypertension and diabetes, and there is increasing information on its associations with traditional cardiovascular risk factors and its prognostic value. The association between microalbuminuria and peripheral markers of endothelial damage of dysfunction, such as von Willebrand factor, suggests the possibility that microalbuminuria may be a simple, cheap and easy index of endothelial abnormalities in cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, further information on the value of microalbuminuria in other atherosclerotic vascular complications, such as ischaemic heart disease, stroke and peripheral artery disease is still needed.
- Publication
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 1998, Vol 91, Issue 6, p381
- ISSN
1460-2725
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/qjmed/91.6.381