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Cardiac Surgery in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis: Short and Long-Term Survival

DOI

29

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0

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2008

Year

A Kogan, Benjamin Medalion, Ran Kornowski, Ehud Raanani, Erez Sharoni, Alon Stamler, Gideon Sahar, Eitan Snir, Eyal Porat
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Abstract

Patients on dialysis have a high risk of perioperative mortality and poor long-term survival rates. Mortality is higher and survival is worse after combined CABG and valve-related procedures or multiple valve surgery than after isolated CABG and AVR.