Prevalence and prognostic value of elevated urinary albumin excretion in patients with chronic HF

Serge Masson, PhD †, Roberto Latini, MD †, Valentina Milani, MS , Luciano Moretti, MD , Maria Grazia Rossi, MD , Emanuele Carbonieri, MD , Anna Frisinghelli, MD , Calogero Minneci, MD , Massimiliano Valisi, BiolD , Aldo P. Maggioni, MD , Roberto Marchioli, MD , Gianni Tognoni, MD , Luigi Tavazzi, MD , on behalf of the GISSI-HF Investigators* † These authors contributed equally to the present study. * A complete list of the investigators who participated in the study is presented in the appendix.