High levels of cell-free DNA accurately predict late acute kidney injury in patients after cardiac surgery

• Julia Merkle ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Julia Merkle, Aldo Daka

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center of the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Aldo Daka ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Julia Merkle, Aldo Daka

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center of the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1092-826X

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• Antje C. Deppe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center of the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Thorsten Wahlers,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center of the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Adnana Paunel-Görgülü

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: adnana.paunel-goerguelue@uk-koeln.de

  Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center of the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6467-3544

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