National Study of Index and Readmission Mortality and Costs for Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair in Patients with Renal Disease.

CONCLUSIONS: Nearly 10% of all TEVAR patients have evidence of chronic kidney disease of varying severity. Only those with ESRD are at risk for significantly higher odds of mortality, readmissions, and index length of stay and costs compared to the non-CKD cohort. PMID: 31336063 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - July 19, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Sanaiha Y, Kavianpour B, Downey P, Morchi R, Shemin RJ, Benharash P Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research