Journal article
Health Status and Quality of Life in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease Treated With Optimal Medical Therapy or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Post Hoc Findings from the COURAGE Trial)
Abstract
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important clinical co-morbidity that increases the risk of death and myocardial infarction in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) even when treated with guideline-directed therapies. It is unknown, however, whether CKD influences the effects of CAD treatments on patients' health status, their symptoms, function, and quality of life. We performed a post hoc analysis of the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing …
Authors
Sedlis SP; Jurkovitz CT; Hartigan PM; Kolm P; Goldfarb DS; Lorin JD; Dada M; Maron DJ; Spertus JA; Mancini GBJ
Journal
The American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 112, No. 11, pp. 1703–1708
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2013
DOI
10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.07.034
ISSN
0002-9149