Journal article
Optimal Medical Therapy With or Without Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease
Abstract
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a risk factor for poor outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), but it is unknown whether CKD influences the efficacy of alternative CAD treatment strategies. Thus, we compared outcomes in stable CAD patients with and without CKD randomized to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and optimal medical therapy (OMT) or OMT alone in a post hoc analysis of the 2,287 patient COURAGE study. At …
Authors
Sedlis SP; Jurkovitz CT; Hartigan PM; Goldfarb DS; Lorin JD; Dada M; Maron DJ; Spertus JA; Mancini GBJ; Teo KK
Journal
The American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 104, No. 12, pp. 1647–1653
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
12 2009
DOI
10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.043
ISSN
0002-9149