Article
COMT-Val158Met-polymorphism is not a risk factor for acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2013
Kornek Matthias, Deutsch Marcus-André, Eichhorn Stefan, Lahm Harald, Wagenpfeil Stefan, Krane Markus, Lange Ruediger, Boehm Johannes
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) depicts a major complication after cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). OBJECTIVE: CSA-AKI has clearly been linked to increased perioperative morbidity and mortality. Dysregulations of vasomotor tone are assumed to be causal for CSA-AKI. While catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is involved in metabolizing catecholamines, a...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
