Predictors of mortality in end-stage renal disease patients with mitral annulus calcification

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
A I Al-AbsiIvan A D'Cruz

Abstract

Mitral annulus calcification (MAC) is an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality in the general population. The purpose of the current historical cohort study is to assess risk factors for long-term mortality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients with MAC (n = 30; age, 62 +/- 2 yr), as compared to ESRD patients without MAC (n = 30; age, 63 +/- 2 yr). Additional analysis compared ESRD patients with MAC to non-ESRD patients with MAC (n = 32; age, 66 +/- 2 yr). The groups included age-matched male patients followed at a single center. Long-term survival was assessed by Kaplan-Meier analysis. Regular and stepwise Cox proportional hazards models were used to determine risk factors for mortality. There was a similarly high prevalence of cardiovascular complications, including hypertension, coronary artery disease, left ventricular hypertrophy, atrial fibrillation, and congestive heart failure, in all three groups. Median survival time was significantly longer in non-ESRD patients (90 months), compared with the ESRD with MAC (45 months) and ESRD without MAC (45 months) patients (log-rank test; P < 0.001). With stepwise Cox proportional hazards model, including ESRD patients with MAC and ESRD patients without MAC, increa...Continue Reading

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