Coronary Artery Calcification Score as A Predictor of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcome in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients.

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Background

This study aimed to examine whether the coronary artery calcification score (CaCS) was associated with the prognosis of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. ♦

Methods

Adult PD patients who were clinically stable for at least 2 months were recruited for this prospective, observational cohort study. Coronary artery calcification was assessed using multislice spiral computed tomography and was recorded according to the Agatston score. The endpoints including all-cause mortality, cardiovascular events, and cardiovascular mortality were assessed. Multivariate Cox regression was used to identify independent predictors of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular events (CVEs), and cardiovascular mortality. ♦

Results

A total of 179 PD patients (86 men)

SUBMITTER: Xie Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4803361 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature