title: [Coronary ischemia after kidney transplantation in patients over 60 years of age].
abstract: Many elderly patients (aged over 60) are waiting for renal allograft but are considered a risk population for myocardial infarction or sudden cardiac death. Between 1987 and January 1st, 1990, 22 elderly patients (16 men and 6 women; mean age 63.4 +/- 0.7 years; range 60-69 years) underwent cadaveric kidney transplantation. Twenty patients had been on haemodialysis for 4.8 +/- 1 years (range: 1-16.3), one had been on peritoneal dialysis for 5 years and one had developed chronic rejection of a previous cadaveric allograft. Among these 22 patients, 6 (27 percent) developed antibodies directed against the random lymphocyte panel and one had a second transplant. Cardiovascular risk factors were systematically estimated, including medical history, cervical arterial Doppler, echocardiography and stress thallium testing (STT). Coronary angiography was performed if there was evidence of myocardial ischaemia. STT did not show any coronary disease in 16 patients and was not maximal (less than 60 percent of maximal theoretical stress) in 4 patients. In 2 patients, STT showed myocardial ischaemia: one, with a history of angina, underwent coronary angiography and angioplasty; the other had silent ischaemia and refused coronary angiography. Two patients died of myocardial infarction. One of them was the patient with silent ischaemia and positive STT test. The patient with angioplasty had a successful transplantation 20 months later, without any cardiovascular complication. After 9 to 32 months of follow-up, 19 patients have functioning allografts (mean serum creatinine level 151 +/- 6 mumol/l). One patient lost his kidney from urinary fistula. Eight patients (36 percent) developed acute rejection and all responded to intravenous corticosteroids. No immunological transplant loss was observed. After 18 months, the graft actuarial survival rate was 85 percent. We conclude that elderly patients free of clinical or silent myocardial ischaemia are good transplant recipients. The cardiovascular risk could be prevented by using STT during the pretransplant screening. If the STT is not maximal or shows coronary ischaemia, coronary angiography is mandatory.
authors.affiliation: Service de Néphrologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cristol
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mourad
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Rebillard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guiter
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mion
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012307:Risk Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Ischémie coronarienne chez les transplantés rénaux de plus de 60 ans.