Physician-scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine recently conducted a large-scale analysis to assess the impact of a newly introduced equation used to evaluate one's heart failure risk. The study, published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure , showed that the new and old kidney function equations had comparable values in predicting the risk of heart failure. Naman Shetty, M.D., a clinical research fellow in the UAB Division of Cardiovascular Disease and the first author of this manuscript, explained that, since kidney function cannot be measured directly, equations were created to measure kidney function using the circulating levels of waste products such as creatinine.

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