Outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting in end stage renal disease patients

Introduction: End stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have a much higher rate of cardiac disease and cardiac mortality as compared with the general population. Revascularisation such as coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) may also carry a higher rate of complications and morbidity. We compared our ESRD patients who underwent CABG with the general population and ESRD population. Methods: This is an observational study of ESRD patients who underwent CABG in our centre from 2003-2009 with case-control matching comparison with non-ESRD patients for ICU and hospital sta