Coronary patients on dialysis: Coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary intervention? A complex question for a complex scenario

The number of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis is expected to increase in the next decade. Because of multiple coronary lesions and massive calcifications, coronary revascularization of these subjects is often more difficult and demanding. It is known that long-term survival of patients with CKD is worse than that of patients with normal kidney function after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Editorial Commentary Source Type: research