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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is a relatively uncommon but important potentially reversible cause of renal failure. Little is known about the natural history of ischemic renal disease secondary to RAS. In previous reports, these researchers examined the incidence and risk factors associated with RAS. The study presented here investigates the long-term follow-up of these patients, specifically the effect of RAS on 4-yr, all-cause mortality in a group of 1235 patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization and abdominal aortography. A total of 1235 consecutive patients undergoing cardiac catheterization also underwent an abdominal flush aortogram. Significant RAS was considered present if one or more renal artery had 50% or greater narrowing in luminal diameter. Four-year unadjusted survival for patients with RAS was 65% compared with 86% for patients undergoing catheterization without significant RAS. Factors associated with decreased 4-yr survival included increased age, increased serum creatinine, presence of RAS, peripheral vascular disease, congestive heart failure, diabetes, hypertension, and reduced ejection fraction. Using the Cox proportional hazards model, the factors associated with decreased 4-yr survival were the presence of significant RAS, reduced ejection fraction, elevated serum creatinine, and symptoms of congestive heart failure. These observations indicate that the presence of significant RAS is a strong independent predictor of 4-yr survival in this patient population.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1046-6673
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
252-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Age Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Creatinine, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Diabetes Complications, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Diabetes Mellitus, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Heart Failure, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Logistic Models, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Renal Artery Obstruction, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Sex Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:9527401-Ventricular Function, Left
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Survival in renal vascular disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article