Cardiovascular-Specific Mortality and Kidney Disease in Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Acute kidney injury (AKI) affects as many as 40% of patients undergoing surgery and is associated with increased all-cause mortality. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular mortality.

Objective

To determine the association between kidney disease and long-term cardiovascular-specific mortality after vascular surgery.

Design, setting, and participants

A single-center cohort of 3646 patients underwent inpatient vascular surgery from January 1, 2000, to November 30, 2010, at a tertiary care teaching hospital. To determine cause-specific mortality for patients undergoing vascular surgery, a proportional subdistribution hazards regression analysis was used to model long-term cardiovascular-specific mortality while treating any

SUBMITTER: Huber M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4871734 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature