The renal patient with coronary artery disease: current concepts and dilemmas.

Gupta, Rajiv; Birnbaum, Yochai; Uretsky, Barry F · J Am Coll Cardiol · 2004

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Abstract

The patient with chronic kidney disease and coronary artery disease (CAD) presents special challenges. This report reviews the scope of the challenge, the hostile internal milieu predisposing to CAD and cardiac events, management issues, unresolved dilemmas, and the need for randomized trials to allow for evidence-based treatment.

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