title: Risk scores-the modern Oracle of Delphi?
abstract: Recently, 4 new risk scores for the prediction of mortality and cardiovascular events were especially tailored for hemodialysis patients; these scores performed much better than previous scores. Tripepi et al. found that these risk scores were even more predictive for all-cause and cardiovascular death than the measurement of the left ventricular mass index was. Nevertheless, the investigation of left ventricular mass and function has its own place for other reasons.
authors.affiliation: Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. Electronic address: Florian.Kronenberg@i-med.ac.at.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kronenberg
authors.affiliation: Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Teaching Hospital Hall, Tyrol, Austria.
authors.forename: Johannes P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Schwaiger
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012307:Risk Factors