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Article: Stones, heart disease linked in large study.(Newsline)
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- Clinical Advisor
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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KIDNEY stones may be associated with a modest but significantly elevated risk of heart disease, according to a new study presented at the American Urological Association's annual meeting. The results are consistent with findings from other recent studies and suggest that nephrolithiasis may reflect a systemic vascular disorder. In fact, lead author Brian Eisner, MD, observed that stone disease may be an early marker for heart disease.
"We discovered at least a 15% increased risk of heart disease in patients who had a history of kidney stones," said Dr. Eisner, a resident in urology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. "We believe this is important when ...