title: Coronary artery disease among diabetic and non-diabetic patients with end stage renal disease.
abstract: Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death among patients with end stage renal disease and accounts for about half the deaths among the dialysis population. Several researchers have reported a high prevalence of coronary artery disease among diabetic patients with renal failure and coronary arteriography is often considered an integral part of the pre-transplant evaluation of diabetic patients with end stage renal disease. However, very few reports have addressed the question of coronary disease in non-diabetic patients, and the pattern and prevalence of coronary artery disease in non-diabetic patients with end stage renal disease are not well defined. We evaluated the clinical and coronary angiographic findings in 158 consecutive patients (84 diabetic and 74 non-diabetic) with end stage renal disease. The coronary arteries were divided into 16 segments and each segment was analyzed for the presence of coronary disease, which was defined as the presence of > or = 50% luminal diameter stenosis. Diabetic patients had more adverse risk factors for coronary artery disease, yet there was no significant difference in the prevalence of coronary artery disease between the diabetic and non-diabetic patients (67% vs. 55%, p = 0.15), or in the number of affected coronary artery segments (2.0 vs. 1.4, p = 0.05). Triple vessel coronary artery disease was however, significantly more common among the diabetic subjects (27% vs. 12%, p = 0.005). Non-diabetic patients with end stage renal disease also have a high prevalence of coronary artery disease and may merit as careful investigation of their coronary status as their diabetic counterparts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Chest Diseases Hospital, Safat, Kuwait.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Varghese
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cherian
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Hayat
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Johny
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011336:Probability; D012016:Reference Values; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D015996:Survival Rate