Perioperative outcomes among patients with end-stage renal disease following coronary artery bypass surgery in the USA.

Parikh DS, Swaminathan M, Archer LE, Inrig JK, Szczech LA, Shaw AD, Patel UD.

R. Vanholder

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Increasing number over the years of CABG interventions in HD patients in USA, with progressively improving outcomes. Nevertheless, mortality remains almost three times higher as compared to non-ESRD patients.