An unusual palliative shunt for cyanotic congenital heart disease

Abstract

Objective-To assess the rate of angiographic restenosis in patients with end stage renal disease after elective coronary angioplasty. Design-A retrospective case-control study of 20 patients with end stage renal disease and 20 sex and age matched controls without renal disease, who had undergone primarily successful coronary angioplasty. Control coronary angiography was performed regardless of worsening or renewed incidence of anginal symptoms. Main outcome measures-Group