Long-Term Outcome after Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure with and without Diabetic Nephropathy

F Matzkies, Holger Reinecke, Andrea Regetmeier, Günter Breithardt, Sebastian Kerber, Helge Hohage, Roland M. Schaefer

˜The œNephron journals/Nephron journals · 2001 · 20 citations · 14 references

Abstract

Patients with reduced but stable renal function showed a higher mortality than comparable patients from the control group. The group of patients with diabetic nephropathy has a poor prognosis after PTCA even though renal function was only moderately reduced.

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