Study compares survival following different heart disease treatments in patients with ESRD
Friday, November 7, 2008 - 09:49
in Health & Medicine
For patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on dialysis who also must be treated for heart disease, stents provide the best one-year survival compared with other revascularisation treatments, but bypass surgery provides the best long-term survival, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
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