Malnutrition leads to the progression of coronary artery calcification in hemodialysis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malnutrition is considered a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease. However, no in vivo studies have reported on using optical coherence tomography to evaluate the effect of nutritional status on coronary atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients. We aimed to conduct a detailed analysis of the effect of nutritional status on the coronary arteries in hemodialysis patients.

Methods

Among 64 hemodialysis patients who underwent percutaneous coronary interventions, 41 that underwent optical coherence tomography imaging were included in this study. And, among them, 24 patients that could also be evaluated using OCT also at the 6-month follow-up were included in this study. The patients were divided into two groups based on nutriti

SUBMITTER: Okabe H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9838858 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature