Although limited by the retrospective nature, the study showed a trend towards MIDCAB as a safe procedure for definitive revascularisation.
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Conclusions: Whilst an improvement in clinical outcomes was observed following administration of POF, this did not reach statistical significance.
Interestingly there was a significant difference in the requirement for IABP in conservatively revascularised patients aged ≥ 75 with the potential implication of incomplete revascularisation, but an increase in new dialysis dependency with the non-conservative revascularisation group which approached significance.
There was an increased risk of death for women with HR: 1.09 (CI: 1.05–1.14) and an increasing trend in social deprivation quintiles with the most socially deprived having HR: 1.15 (CI: 1.08–1.22) compared to the least socially deprived.