Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Does Not Lower Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.

CONCLUSIONS: Moderate-CKD in patients with CAD was associated with higher rates of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, yet with a lower risk of revascularization 1-year following PCI. Lack of guideline-directed medical therapy does not explain the adverse outcome of CKD patients. PMID: 31655801 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal of Nephrology - October 24, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Chernin G, Chen S, Ozan O, Liu M, Haberman D, Perlman G, Ben-Yehuda O, Jonas M Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research