Additive effect of anemia and renal impairment on long-term outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention.

Anemia and renal impairment are important co-morbidities among patients with coronary artery disease undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). Disease progression to eventual death can be understood as the combined effect of baseline characteristics and intermediate outcomes.Using data fr...

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Main Authors: Thomas Pilgrim, Martina Rothenbühler, Bindu Kalesan, Cédric Pulver, Giulio G Stefanini, Thomas Zanchin, Lorenz Räber, Stefan Stortecky, Simon Jung, Heinrich Mattle, Aris Moschovitis, Peter Wenaweser, Bernhard Meier, Thomas Gsponer, Stephan Windecker, Peter Jüni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4260949?pdf=render