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Impact of chronic kidney disease on long-term outcomes after left main percutaneous coronary intervention: a propensity score-matched analysis with up to 10 years of follow-up

Key takeaways

This study followed patients for up to 10 years after a stent procedure on the left main heart artery, comparing those with chronic kidney disease against similar patients without it. The researchers matched the two groups on other health factors to make the comparison fairer. Kidney disease was tied to worse long-term outcomes. Matching helps, but this is still observational, so it shows a link rather than proof that kidney disease caused the worse results.

Who did this work

Wojciech J. Skorupski (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Marek Grygier (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Marta Kałużna - Oleksy (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Sylwia Iwanczyk (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Aleksander Araszkiewicz (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Włodzimierz Skorupski (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Przemysław Mitkowski (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Małgorzata Pyda (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Julia Kępska (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Katarzyna Skorupska (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Anna Nowicka (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Maciej Lesiak (Poznan University of Medical Sciences)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-01
https://doi.org/10.20452/pamw.17393