Abstract
We evaluated the risk of coronary-artery disease in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) by measuring the coronary-artery calcium scores with electron beam CT (EBCT). A total of 81 CRF patients were divided into three groups; pre-dialysis (group I, n=35), hemodialysis (group II, n=31) and peritoneal dialysis (group III, n=15). The several serum biochemical markers and calcium score levels by EBCT were determined. The Ca x P products were significantly higher in groups II (p<0.05) and III (p<0.01) than in group I. The serum calcium levels were significantly higher in group III than in both group I (p<0.01) and II (p<0.05). The serum calcium level in 15 patients with a calcium score > 400 was significantly higher than the 66 patients with a score ≤400 (p<0.01). The calcium score was significantly higher in the 15 patients with cardiovascular complications than in the 66 patients without cardiovascular complications (628.9±904.8 vs. 150.4±350.9, p<0.01). EBCT seemed to be a good diagnostic tool for evaluating the risk of coronary-artery disease "noninvasively" in CRF patients who are at increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 994-999 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Korean Medical Science |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2005 |
Keywords
- Arteriosclerosis
- Calcification, Physiologic
- Coronary Vessels
- Coronary-artery Calcium Score
- Electron Beam CT (EBCT)
- Kidney failure, Chronic
- Parathyroid Hormone
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed