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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-1-4
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with end stage renal disease have a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease and coronary arteriography is often routinely performed prior to kidney transplantation. However, the value of the conventional risk factors and non-invasive markers of coronary artery disease (CAD) in triaging patients for coronary arteriography has not been fully examined. 116 patients with end stage renal disease were evaluated. Coronary arteriography was performed in all patients either for a suspicion of CAD or as part of a routine pre-transplant evaluation. Lesions causing > or = 50% luminal diameter stenosis in any of the three major coronary artery systems were considered significant. The mean age was 53.3 +/- 9.3 years. Significant CAD was present in 69 patients (60%). Increasing age, family history of premature ischemic heart disease, the presence of angina, abnormal Q waves on the ECG or abnormal ST segment depression and the presence of coronary calcification were significant markers of coronary artery disease. However male gender, diabetes mellitus and obesity did not correlate with coronary disease. Even though hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and smoking were also not useful predictors these could have been modified by the renal failure. In conclusion increasing age, a family history of premature ischemic heart disease and some non-invasive markers were useful predictors of coronary disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0886-022X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
797-806
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-5-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Angina Pectoris, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Calcinosis, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Coronary Angiography, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Coronary Disease, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Electrocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Heart Catheterization, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Kidney Failure, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Myocardial Ischemia, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Renal Replacement Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:11777319-Risk Factors
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Predictors of coronary disease in patients with end stage renal disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology, Chest Diseases Hospital, Safat, Kuwait.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article