1. Moderate chronic kidney disease and left ventricular hypertrophy after aortic valve replacement for aortic valve stenosis 
Umberto Benedetto, MD, Giovanni Melina, MD, Emiliano Angeloni, MD, Simone Refice, MD, Gianluca Scafani, MD, Antonino Roscitano, MD, Euclide Tonelli, MD, Riccardo Sinatra, MD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 139, Issue 4, Pages (April 2010)
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2. Figure 1
The relationship between indexed left ventricular (LV) mass at 18 months after surgical intervention and baseline glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is presented graphically (regression equation: y = 67.5− x).
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3. Figure 2
Congestive heart failure–free survival according to the presence of baseline moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD; hazard ratio, 2.3; 95% confidence interval, 1.3–3.5; P = .03).
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