Prevalence of valve calcium and association of valve calcium with coronary artery disease, atherosclerotic vascular disease, and all-cause mortality in 137 patients undergoing hemodialysis for chronic renal failure

Raja Varma; Wilbert S Aronow; John A McClung; Renee Garrick; Paul F Vistainer; Melvin B Weiss; Robert N Belkin

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.11.025

Prevalence of valve calcium and association of valve calcium with coronary artery disease, atherosclerotic vascular disease, and all-cause mortality in 137 patients undergoing hemodialysis for chronic renal failure

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Mar 15;95(6):742-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.11.025.

Authors

Raja Varma¹, Wilbert S Aronow, John A McClung, Renee Garrick, Paul F Vistainer, Melvin B Weiss, Robert N Belkin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Cardiology and Renal Divisions, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA.

PMID: 15757600
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.11.025

Abstract

Of 137 patients (mean age 63 years) who underwent hemodialysis for chronic renal failure, 65 (47%) had mitral valve calcium, mitral annular calcium, or aortic valve calcium. Thirty-eight of 65 patients (59%) who had valve calcium died at 3.5-year follow-up versus 21 of 72 patients (29%) who did not have valve calcium and who died at 4.3-year follow-up (p = 0.0005).

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Valve*
Arteriosclerosis / mortality*
Calcinosis / diagnosis
Calcinosis / mortality*
Cause of Death
Coronary Disease / diagnosis
Coronary Disease / mortality*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / epidemiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnosis
Heart Valve Diseases / mortality*
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic / mortality
Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve*
Myocardial Infarction / mortality
Renal Dialysis*
Risk Assessment