ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Hidden renal dysfunction causes increased in-hospital mortality risk after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Mathias Alexandre Volkmann; Paulo Eduardo Ballvé Behr; Jayme Eduardo Burmeister; Paulo Roberto Consoni; Renato Abdala Karam Kalil; Paulo Roberto Prates; Ivo Abraão Nesralla; João Ricardo Michelin Sant'Anna

DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20110005

^IGraduation in Medicine at Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil
^IIMaster's Degree in Medicine, Cardiologist
^IIISpecialist in Nephrology; Medicine Professor at Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil
^IVMaster's Degree in Medicine; Medicine Professor at Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil
^VPhD in Medicine, Cardiology; Scientific Director of the Cardiology Institute of Rio Grande do Sul / University Foundation of Cardiology. Associate Professor at Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
^VISpecialist in Cardiovascular Surgery; Head of the Surgical Unit at Cardiology Institute of Rio Grande do Sul / University Foundation of Cardiology, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
^VIIFull Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre - RS; Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Service at Cardiology Institute of Rio Grande do Sul / University Foundation of Cardiology, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

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