American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 378-384 , March 2006

Differential Symptoms of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Kidney Disease: A Community-Wide Perspective

  • Jonathan Sosnov, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Tufts–New England Medical Center, Boston
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jonathan Sosnov, MD, 62 Boylston St, Apt 415, Boston, MA 02116
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  • Darleen Lessard, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Tufts–New England Medical Center, Boston
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
    • ,
  • Robert J. Goldberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Tufts–New England Medical Center, Boston
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
    • ,
  • Jorge Yarzebski, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Tufts–New England Medical Center, Boston
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
    • ,
  • Joel M. Gore, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Tufts–New England Medical Center, Boston
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

Received 1 August 2005 ,Accepted 15 November 2005.

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 Support: Funding support provided by the National Institutes of Health (RO1 HL35434 and T32 DK07777-05). Potential conflicts of interest: None.

 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.11.017 on January 26, 2006.

PII: S0272-6386(05)01822-6

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.11.017

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 378-384 , March 2006

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