%0 Journal Article
%T Urinary cadmium levels predict mortality of patients with acute heart failure
%A Cheng-Chia Lee
%A Cheng-Hao Weng
%A Ching-Wei Hsu
%A Dan-Tzu Lin-Tan
%A Kuan-Hsing Chen
%A Pao-Hsien Chu
%A Tzung-Hai Yen
%A Wen-Hung Huang
%J Archive of "Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management".
%D 2017
%R 10.2147/TCRM.S119010
%X Acute heart failure (AHF) is a serious condition that is associated with increased mortality in critically ill patients. Previous studies indicated that environmental exposure to cadmium increases mortality of general populations. However, the relationship of cadmium exposure and mortality is unclear for AHF patients
%K acute heart failure
%K cadmium
%K intensive care unit
%K hospital mortality
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5375634/