BACKGROUND: Long-term dialysis patients have a high incidence of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular death, but the incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in asymptomatic patients, distribution of coronary obstruction, and relationship between lesion location and mortality are unknown. METHODS: We studied 67 asymptomatic hemodialysis patients who volunteered for coronary angiography. Coronary stenoses of 50% or greater were documented, and the location of each within the proximal, midportion, or distal segment of the coronary vessel was recorded. Patients were followed up until death or renal transplantation. Cox proportional hazards regression was performed to analyze the relationship of lesion location with mortality. RESULTS: Obstructive CAD was common. Twenty-eight subjects (41.7%) had 50% or greater stenosis in at least 1 epicardial vessel, and 19 subjects (28.5%) had evidence of CAD within the proximal third of an epicardial vessel. After a median follow-up of 2.7 years, the presence of proximal CAD was associated with a marked increase in risk of death (adjusted hazard ratio, 3.14; 95% confidence interval, 1.34 to 7.33; P = 0.008) and was associated more strongly with mortality than multivessel disease or left anterior descending disease. CONCLUSION: CAD is common in asymptomatic dialysis patients, and stenoses frequently are located within the proximal coronary arteries, where they are associated with markedly increased risks of death. Additional studies are needed to determine whether proximal disease is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular mortality in dialysis patients.
BACKGROUND: Long-term dialysis patients have a high incidence of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular death, but the incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in asymptomatic patients, distribution of coronary obstruction, and relationship between lesion location and mortality are unknown. METHODS: We studied 67 asymptomatic hemodialysis patients who volunteered for coronary angiography. Coronary stenoses of 50% or greater were documented, and the location of each within the proximal, midportion, or distal segment of the coronary vessel was recorded. Patients were followed up until death or renal transplantation. Cox proportional hazards regression was performed to analyze the relationship of lesion location with mortality. RESULTS: Obstructive CAD was common. Twenty-eight subjects (41.7%) had 50% or greater stenosis in at least 1 epicardial vessel, and 19 subjects (28.5%) had evidence of CAD within the proximal third of an epicardial vessel. After a median follow-up of 2.7 years, the presence of proximal CAD was associated with a marked increase in risk of death (adjusted hazard ratio, 3.14; 95% confidence interval, 1.34 to 7.33; P = 0.008) and was associated more strongly with mortality than multivessel disease or left anterior descending disease. CONCLUSION: CAD is common in asymptomatic dialysis patients, and stenoses frequently are located within the proximal coronary arteries, where they are associated with markedly increased risks of death. Additional studies are needed to determine whether proximal disease is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular mortality in dialysis patients.
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