Cardiac Intervention Risk Factors
Low creatinine clearance is risk factor for major bleeding complications
Published in Cardiovascular Week, December 5th, 2005
"Bleeding is a common and costly complication" of PCI, physicians in New Jersey noted. "Little is known about the risk factors for bleeding complications."
In a recent study, A.S. Mathis and coauthors at St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston collected "PCI-related observations" from their institution and used this information "to establish risk factors for short-term bleeding complications, with special focus on examining the importance of renal function."
"A retrospective record review was conducted of...
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