Donal N. Reddan

TL;DR: The use of a target hemoglobin level of 13.5 g per deciliter (as compared with 11.3 g perDeciliter) was associated with increased risk and no incremental improvement in the quality of life and the use of epoetin alfa targeted to achieve a level of 11.4 g perdeciliter was not associated with an increased risk.

TL;DR: Patients presenting with ACS frequently have abnormal RF, which is a marker of adverse baseline clinical characteristics and is independently associated with increased risk of death and death/MI.

TL;DR: This study demonstrates that patients achieving their target had better outcomes than those who did not; and among subjects who achieved their randomized target, no increased risk associated with the higher hemoglobin goal was detected.

TL;DR: Pulse pressure is associated with risk of death in a large, nationally representative sample of patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis and the recognition of pulse pressure as an important correlate of mortality in patients receiving dialysis highlights the need to investigate the relationship between potential therapeutic implications of conduit vessel function and clinical outcomes in patients with end-stage renal disease.

TL;DR: Ass associations between CKD, cardiac revascularization strategies, and mortality among patients with CKD and cardiovascular disease are described and CABG is associated with greater mortality reduction than PCI in severe CKD.