Does Timing of Dialysis in Patients with ESRD and Acute Myocardial Infarcts Affect Morbidity or Mortality?
Author(s) -
George Coritsidis,
Dharmeshkumar Sutariya,
Aaron S. Stern,
G B Gupta,
Christos P. Carvounis,
Robin Arora,
Serge Balmir,
Anjali Acharya
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.04470908
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , myocardial infarction , hemodialysis , incidence (geometry) , cardiology , mortality rate , end stage renal disease , coronary care unit , intensive care medicine , physics , optics
Patients with ESRD have an increased incidence of coronary events with a relatively higher risk for mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We evaluated whether it is safer to delay dialysis in AMI or if delay poses separate risks.
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