Invasive coronary artery disease assessment and myocardial infarction in patients on renal replacement therapy

• Published in: International urology and nephrology Vol. 54; no. 8; pp. 2083 - 2092
• Main Authors: De Lima, Jose Jayme G., Gowdak, Luis Henrique W., Reusing, Jose Otto, David-Neto, Elias, Bortolotto, Luiz A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery; Coronary vessels; Diabetes mellitus; Heart attacks; Heart diseases; Hemodialysis; Kidney transplantation; Lethality; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Multivariate analysis; Myocardial infarction; Nephrology; Nephrology - Original Paper; Renal replacement therapy; Risk factors; Urology; Vein & artery diseases; Myocardial infarction; Coronary angiography; Renal transplantation; Coronary intervention; Renal replacement therapy; Hemodialysis

Background The incidence of myocardial infarction (MI) is elevated in patients receiving renal replacement therapy (RRT). We hypothesized that an invasive strategy of assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) will identify patients more prone to developing MI. Methods This was a single-center obse...