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SUBMITTER: Chang TI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3507369 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chang Tara I TI Shilane David D Kazi Dhruv S DS Montez-Rath Maria E ME Hlatky Mark A MA Winkelmayer Wolfgang C WC
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20121201 12
Thirty to sixty percent of patients with ESRD on dialysis have coronary heart disease, but the optimal strategy for coronary revascularization is unknown. We used data from the United States Renal Data System to define a cohort of 21,981 patients on maintenance dialysis who received initial coronary revascularization with either coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between 1997 and 2009 and had at least 6 months of prior Medicare coverage as their pr ...[more]