Effect of late revascularization of a totally occluded coronary artery after myocardial infarction on mortality rates in patients with renal impairment.

Renal dysfunction is an independent predictor of cardiovascular events and a negative prognostic indicator after myocardial infarction (MI). Randomized data comparing percutaneous coronary intervention to medical therapy in patients with MI with renal insufficiency are needed. The Occluded Artery Tr...

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Published in:American Journal of Cardiology Vol. 110; no. 7; pp. 954 - 961
Main Authors: Hastings RS, Hochman JS, Dzavik V, Lamas GA, Forman SA, Schiele F, Michalis LK, Nikas D, Jaroch J, Reynolds HR, Hastings, Ramin S, Hochman, Judith S, Dzavik, Vladimir, Lamas, Gervasio A, Forman, Sandra A, Schiele, Francois, Michalis, Lampros K, Nikas, Dimitris, Jaroch, Joanna, Reynolds, Harmony R
Format: research randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. Oct2012
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