The Impact of Anemia on Long-Term Clinical Outcome in Patients Undergoing Revascularization With the Unrestricted Use of Drug-Eluting Stents
Author(s) -
Thomas Pilgrim,
Florian Vetterli,
Bindu Kalesan,
Giulio Stefanini,
Lorenz Räber,
Stefan Stortecky,
Steffen Gloekler,
Ronald K. Binder,
Peter Wenaweser,
Aris Moschovitis,
Ahmed A. Khattab,
Lutz Buellesfeld,
Marcel Zwahlen,
Bernhard Meier,
Peter Jüni,
Stephan Windecker
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.621
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1941-7632
pISSN - 1941-7640
DOI - 10.1161/circinterventions.111.965749
Subject(s) - medicine , anemia , hazard ratio , confidence interval , percutaneous coronary intervention , conventional pci , myocardial infarction , kidney disease , hemoglobin , surgery
Anemia is frequent among patients with cardiovascular disease and adversely affects prognosis. The objective of this analysis was to assess the impact of anemia on long-term clinical outcomes among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with the unrestricted use of drug-eluting stents (DES).
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