Acute Kidney Injury and In-Hospital Mortality after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Nationwide Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients undergoing CABG are associated with (1) increased risk of developing post-procedural AKI, (2) higher likelihood of receiving RRT, and (3) worse short-term survival. Long-term renal outcome remains to be studied. PMID: 28135709 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal of Nephrology - January 30, 2017 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Shen W, Aguilar R, Montero AR, Fernandez SJ, Taylor AJ, Wilcox CS, Lipkowitz MS, Umans JG Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research