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Predictors of chronic kidney disease in children who underwent surgical correction of congenital heart disease: a long-term follow-up cohort study.

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This study followed children who had heart surgery and found that protein in the urine and lower kidney filtering rate early on were linked to later kidney disease, but it cannot prove cause and effect because it is observational.

Who did this work

Mendoza LVG · Cillo ACP · Antonialli F · Nucci LB · Mendes ET

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD progression · 2026 Oct-Dec
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42748479/