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

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), a...

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Published in:	The American journal of the medical sciences Vol. 331; no. 3; p. 124
Main Authors:	Al-Absi, A I, Wall, B M, Aslam, N, Mangold, T A, Lamar, K D, Wan, J Y, D'Cruz, I A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-03-2006
Subjects:	Calcinosis - epidemiology Calcinosis - etiology Cohort Studies Heart Valve Diseases - epidemiology Heart Valve Diseases - etiology Humans Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications Kidney Failure, Chronic - mortality Male Middle Aged Mitral Valve - pathology Risk Factors Survival Analysis
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Summary:	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, increased calcium x phosphate product, decreased serum creatinine concentration, and the presence of coronary artery disease and lower extremity amputations were independent predictors of mortality for patients with ESRD. With stepwise Cox proportional hazards model, including ESRD patients with MAC and non-ESRD patients with MAC, the presence of ESRD, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, aortic valve calcification, coronary artery disease, and tricuspid regurgitation were independent predictors of mortality. The mortality rate was high in ESRD patients, approximately 15% per year. After accounting for baseline cardiovascular disease and traditional risk factors, the presence of MAC did not confer additional risk for mortality.
ISSN:	0002-9629
DOI:	10.1097/00000441-200603000-00003