학술논문
Additive effect of anemia and renal impairment on long-term outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention.
Document Type
article
Author
Source
PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 12, p e114846 (2014)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1932-6203
Abstract
Anemia and renal impairment are important co-morbidities among patients with coronary artery disease undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). Disease progression to eventual death can be understood as the combined effect of baseline characteristics and intermediate outcomes.Using data from a prospective cohort study, we investigated clinical pathways reflecting the transitions from PCI through intermediate ischemic or hemorrhagic events to all-cause mortality in a multi-state analysis as a function of anemia (hemoglobin concentration