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Pun PH, Santacatterina M, Ways J, Redd C, Al-Khatib SM, Smyth-Melsky J, Chinitz L, Charytan DM. Point-of-Care Chemistry-Guided Dialysate Adjustment to Reduce Arrhythmias: A Pilot Trial. Kidney Int Rep 2023; 8:2385-2394. [PMID: 38025214 PMCID: PMC10658265 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.07.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Introduction Excessive dialytic potassium (K) and acid removal are risk factors for arrhythmias; however, treatment-to-treatment dialysate modification is rarely performed. We conducted a multicenter, pilot randomized study to test the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of 4 point-of-care (POC) chemistry-guided protocols to adjust dialysate K and bicarbonate (HCO3) in outpatient hemodialysis (HD) clinics. Methods Participants received implantable cardiac loop monitors and crossed over to four 4-week periods with adjustment of dialysate K or HCO3 at each treatment according to pre-HD POC values: (i) K-removal minimization, (ii) K-removal maximization, (iii) Acidosis avoidance, and (iv) Alkalosis avoidance. The primary end point was percentage of treatments adhering to the intervention algorithm. Secondary endpoints included pre-HD K and HCO variability, adverse events, and rates of clinically significant arrhythmias (CSAs). Results Nineteen subjects were enrolled in the study. HD staff completed POC testing and correctly adjusted the dialysate in 604 of 708 (85%) of available HD treatments. There was 1 K ≤3, 29 HCO3 <20 and 2 HCO3 >32 mEq/l and no serious adverse events related to study interventions. Although there were no significant differences between POC results and conventional laboratory measures drawn concurrently, intertreatment K and HCO3 variability was high. There were 45 CSA events; most were transient atrial fibrillation (AF), with numerically fewer events during the alkalosis avoidance period (8) and K-removal maximization period (3) compared to other intervention periods (17). There were no significant differences in CSA duration among interventions. Conclusion Algorithm-guided K/HCO3 adjustment based on POC testing is feasible. The variability of intertreatment K and HCO3 suggests that a POC-laboratory-guided algorithm could markedly alter dialysate-serum chemistry gradients. Definitive end point-powered trials should be considered.
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- Patrick H. Pun
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Wang E, Kim S, Wang A, Jiang W, Shah A. Peritoneal dialysis in the setting of acute brain injury: an underappreciated modality. Hosp Pract (1995) 2023; 51:175-183. [PMID: 37491156 DOI: 10.1080/21548331.2023.2241340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Dialysis is complicated in the setting of acute brain injury (ABI) due to several factors including acute solute shifts, acid base changes, need for anticoagulation, and changes in intracranial pressure. For these reasons, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is often the chosen modality for renal replacement needs in these patients. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is less discussed but shares many of the benefits often attributed to CRRT. We describe, from both nephrology and neurosurgical perspectives, a case successfully managed with PD. CASE A 25-year-old male with history of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) secondary to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis on continuous cycling PD for 5 years presented to the hospital with headache and altered mental status. Initial imaging revealed a large intraventricular hemorrhage extending to the fourth ventricle. He underwent an emergent right depressive hemicraniectomy and clot evacuation. Post-operative imaging revealed worsening cerebral edema, intraventricular hemorrhage, and hydrocephalus. The decision was made to continue PD, noting that it retains many of the benefits of CRRT (which it is in fact, a form of) which he tolerated well until the need for a percutaneous gastrostomy tube arose. He was transiently transitioned to hemodialysis but returned to PD once his gastrostomy healed. He continued PD for 1 year without complication and eventually received a kidney transplant. DISCUSSION In managing patients with ABI undergoing dialysis, a number of considerations must be undertaken including avoidance of hypotension to maintain cerebral perfusion pressure and minimize ischemia reperfusion injury, avoidance of anticoagulants that can precipitate or worsen bleeding, the potential for cerebral edema due to rapid solute clearance and osmotic dissipation of therapeutic hypernatremia, and the mitigation of intracellular acidosis from bicarbonate delivery. Although underutilized, PD may potentially serve as a viable option for dialysis in the setting of ABI as demonstrated by the case presented.
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- Elaina Wang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Division of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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Wetmore JB, Weinhandl ED, Yan H, Reyes JL, Herzog CA, Roetker NS. Apixaban Dosing Patterns Versus Warfarin in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Receiving Dialysis: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Am J Kidney Dis 2022; 80:569-579.e1. [PMID: 35469965 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Comparison of clinical outcomes across anticoagulation regimens using different apixaban dosing or warfarin is not well-defined in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) who are receiving dialysis. This study compared these outcomes in a US national cohort of patients with kidney failure receiving maintenance dialysis. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS Patients receiving dialysis represented in the US Renal Data System database 2013-2018 who had AF and were treated with apixaban or warfarin. EXPOSURE First prescribed treatment with apixaban dosed according to the label, apixaban dosed below the label, or warfarin. OUTCOME Ischemic stroke/systemic embolism, major bleeding, and all-cause mortality. ANALYTICAL APPROACH Cox proportional hazards models with inverse probability of treatment weighting. Analyses simulating an intention-to-treat (ITT) approach as well as those incorporating censoring at drug switch or discontinuation (CAS) were also implemented. Inverse probability of censoring weighting was used to account for possible informative censoring. RESULTS Among 17,156 individuals, there was no difference in risk of stroke/systemic embolism among the label-concordant apixaban, below-label apixaban, and warfarin treatment groups. Both label-concordant (HR, 0.67 [95% CI, 0.55-0.81]) and below-label (HR, 0.68 [95% CI, 0.55-0.84]) apixaban dosing were associated with a lower risk of major bleeding compared with warfarin in ITT analyses. Compared with label-concordant apixaban, below-label apixaban was not associated with a lower bleeding risk (HR, 1.02 [95% CI, 0.78-1.34]). In the ITT analysis of mortality, label-concordant apixaban dosing was associated with a lower risk versus warfarin (HR, 0.85 [95% CI, 0.78-0.92]) while there was no significant difference in mortality between below-label dosing of apixaban and warfarin (HR, 0.97 [95% CI, 0.89-1.05]). Overall, results were similar for the CAS analyses. LIMITATIONS Study limited to US Medicare beneficiaries; reliance on administrative claims to ascertain outcomes of AF, stroke, and bleeding; likely residual confounding. CONCLUSIONS Among patients with nonvalvular AF undergoing dialysis, warfarin is associated with an increased risk of bleeding compared with apixaban. The risk of bleeding with below-label apixaban was not detectably less than with label-concordant dosing. Label-concordant apixaban dosing is associated with a mortality benefit compared to warfarin. Label-concordant dosing, rather than reduced-label dosing, may offer the most favorable benefit-risk trade-off for dialysis patients with nonvalvular AF.
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- James B Wetmore
- Chronic Disease Research Group, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Division of Nephrology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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- Chronic Disease Research Group, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Hennepin County Medical Center and Department of Medicine, and Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Chronic Disease Research Group, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Chronic Disease Research Group, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Division of Cardiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Chronic Disease Research Group, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Sánchez-González C, Herrero Calvo JA. Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis. Should dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation receive oral anticoagulation? Nefrologia 2022; 42:633-644. [PMID: 36907719 DOI: 10.1016/j.nefroe.2022.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023] Open
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an independent risk factor for presenting atrial fibrillation (AF), which conditions an increased risk already present in CKD of suffering a thromboembolic event. And this risk is even higher in the hemodialysis (HD) population. On the other hand, in CKD patients and even more so in HD patients, the probability of suffering serious bleeding is also higher. Therefore, there is no consensus on whether or not to anticoagulate this population. Taking as a model what is advised for the general population, the most common attitude among nephrologists has been to opt for anticoagulation, even though there is no randomized studies to support it. Classically, anticoagulation has been done with vitamin K antagonists, at high cost for our patients: severe bleeding events, vascular calcification, and progression of nephropathy, among other complications. With the emergence of direct-acting anticoagulants, a hopeful outlook was opened in the field of anticoagulation, as they were postulated as more effective and safer drugs than antivitamin K. However, in clinical practice, this has not been the case. In this paper we review various aspects of AF and its anticoagulant treatment in the HD population.
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Akbar MR, Febrianora M, Iqbal M. Warfarin Usage in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Hemodialysis in Indonesian Population. Curr Probl Cardiol 2022; 48:101104. [PMID: 35041867 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The data about the efficacy and safety of warfarin usage in atrial fibrillation (AF) in hemodialysis patients is still limited, especially in the Asia population. The population of this study was end-stage renal disease patients with AF who underwent hemodialysis. The design of the study was a retrospective observational cohort that collected the patient data from 2016 to 2019. The Cox regression model was applied to assess the effect of warfarin on the outcomes. We conducted a survival analysis by comparing Kaplan-Meier curves using the log-rank test. We also measured the time in therapeutic range as a quality indicator of warfarin usage. Among 444 hemodialysis patients, 126 patients with AF matched the inclusion criteria, 88 patients completely followed up. Half patients used warfarin. The mean age was 52.2 ± 12.97 years, the mean follow-up duration was 11 ± 10 months. We observed all-cause death in 86.4% of patients, ischemic stroke in 10.2%, and hemorrhagic stroke in 2.3% of patients. There were no significant differences in all-cause death, ischemic stroke, and hemorrhagic stroke. Warfarin use was not associated with a lower rate for death (HR 0.782; 95% CI, 0.494-1.237, P = 0.293) or ischemic stroke (HR 0.435; 95% CI, 0.103-1.846, P = 0.259) or hemorrhagic stroke (HR 0.564; 95% CI, 0.034-9.386, P = 0.689). None of the patients reach the time in the therapeutic range >65%. Our findings suggest that warfarin has no association with mortality, ischemic stroke, and hemorrhagic stroke events rate in atrial fibrillation patients who underwent hemodialysis in the Indonesian population.
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- Mohammad Rizki Akbar
- Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital - Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia.
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- Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital - Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital - Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
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Fibrilación auricular no valvular en pacientes en hemodiálisis crónica. ¿Debemos anticoagular? Nefrologia 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nefro.2022.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Canaud B, Stephens MP, Nikam M, Etter M, Collins A. Multitargeted interventions to reduce dialysis-induced systemic stress. Clin Kidney J 2021; 14:i72-i84. [PMID: 34987787 PMCID: PMC8711765 DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfab192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hemodialysis (HD) is a life-sustaining therapy as well as an intermittent and repetitive stress condition for the patient. In ridding the blood of unwanted substances and excess fluid from the blood, the extracorporeal procedure simultaneously induces persistent physiological changes that adversely affect several organs. Dialysis patients experience this systemic stress condition usually thrice weekly and sometimes more frequently depending on the treatment schedule. Dialysis-induced systemic stress results from multifactorial components that include treatment schedule (i.e. modality, treatment time), hemodynamic management (i.e. ultrafiltration, weight loss), intensity of solute fluxes, osmotic and electrolytic shifts and interaction of blood with components of the extracorporeal circuit. Intradialytic morbidity (i.e. hypovolemia, intradialytic hypotension, hypoxia) is the clinical expression of this systemic stress that may act as a disease modifier, resulting in multiorgan injury and long-term morbidity. Thus, while lifesaving, HD exposes the patient to several systemic stressors, both hemodynamic and non-hemodynamic in origin. In addition, a combination of cardiocirculatory stress, greatly conditioned by the switch from hypervolemia to hypovolemia, hypoxemia and electrolyte changes may create pro-arrhythmogenic conditions. Moreover, contact of blood with components of the extracorporeal circuit directly activate circulating cells (i.e. macrophages-monocytes or platelets) and protein systems (i.e. coagulation, complement, contact phase kallikrein-kinin system), leading to induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines and resulting in chronic low-grade inflammation, further contributing to poor outcomes. The multifactorial, repetitive HD-induced stress that globally reduces tissue perfusion and oxygenation could have deleterious long-term consequences on the functionality of vital organs such as heart, brain, liver and kidney. In this article, we summarize the multisystemic pathophysiological consequences of the main circulatory stress factors. Strategies to mitigate their effects to provide more cardioprotective and personalized dialytic therapies are proposed to reduce the systemic burden of HD.
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- Bernard Canaud
- Montpellier University, Montpellier, France
- Global Medical Office, FMC Deutschland, Bad Homburg, Germany
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- MSL & Medical Strategies for Innovative Therapies, Fresenius Medical Care, Waltham, MA, USA
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- Global Medical Office, Fresenius Medical Care, Hong Kong
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- Global Medical Office, Fresenius Medical Care, Hong Kong
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- Global Medical Office, Fresenius Medical Care, Waltham, MA, USA
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Mizuno T, Hoshino T, Ishizuka K, Toi S, Nishimura A, Takahashi S, Wako S, Kitagawa K. Characteristics and Prognosis of Stroke in Living Donor Renal Transplant Recipients. J Atheroscler Thromb 2021; 29:1393-1408. [PMID: 34776472 PMCID: PMC9444810 DOI: 10.5551/jat.63189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Aims: We aimed to determine the characteristics and vascular outcomes of stroke in renal transplant (RT) recipients and compare them with those in patients on hemodialysis (HD) and those with no renal replacement therapy (RRT).
Methods: In this prospective observational study, 717 patients (mean age, 70.8 years; male, 60.5%) with acute ischemic stroke within one week of onset were consecutively enrolled and followed for one year. The patients were classified into three groups: (1) living donor RT recipients (n=27); (2) patients on maintenance HD before the index stroke (n=39); and (3) those with no history of RRT (n=651). The primary outcome was a composite of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE).
Results: Diabetic nephropathy was the most common reason for RRT in both RT and HD patients. RT patients were more likely to have embolic stroke of undetermined source (33.3%) than others, whereas HD patients more often had cardioembolism (51.3%). No difference was observed in the MACE risk between the patients in RT and non-RRT groups (annual rate, 11.3% vs. 13.1%; log-rankP=0.82; hazard ratio [95% confidence interval], 0.92 [0.29-2.98]). In contrast, HD patients had a greater risk of MACE than those with no RRT (annual rate, 28.2% vs. 13.1%; log-rankP=0.019; hazard ratio [95% confidence interval], 2.24 [1.16-4.3]).
Conclusions: The underlying etiologies of stroke differed in RT and HD patients. The one-year risk of MACE for stroke patients who had received an RT was lower than that for patients undergoing HD and comparable with that of patients with no RRT.
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- Takafumi Mizuno
- Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital
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- Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital
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- Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital
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- Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital
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- Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital
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- Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital
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- Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital
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Mark PB, Jhund PS, Walters MR, Petrie MC, Power A, White C, Robertson M, Connolly E, Anker SD, Bhandari S, Farrington K, Kalra PA, Tomson CR, Wheeler DC, Winearls CG, McMurray JJ, Macdougall IC, Ford I. Stroke in Hemodialysis Patients Randomized to Different Intravenous Iron Strategies: A Prespecified Analysis from the PIVOTAL Trial. KIDNEY360 2021; 2:1761-1769. [PMID: 35372992 PMCID: PMC8785850 DOI: 10.34067/kid.0004272021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Background People with kidney failure treated with hemodialysis (HD) are at increased risk of stroke compared with similarly aged people with normal kidney function. One concern is that treatment of renal anemia might increase stroke risk. We studied risk factors for stroke in a prespecified secondary analysis of a randomized, controlled trial of intravenous iron treatment strategies in HD. Methods We analyzed data from the Proactive IV Iron Therapy in Haemodialysis Patients (PIVOTAL) trial, focusing on variables associated with risk of stroke. The trial randomized 2141 adults who had started HD <12 months earlier and who were receiving an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) to high-dose IV iron administered proactively or low-dose IV iron administered reactively in a 1:1 ratio. Possible stroke events were independently adjudicated. We performed analyses to identify variables associated with stroke during follow-up and assessed survival following stroke. Results During a median 2.1 years of follow-up, 69 (3.2%) patients experienced a first postrandomization stroke. Fifty-seven (82.6%) were ischemic strokes, and 12 (17.4%) were hemorrhagic strokes. There were 34 postrandomization strokes in the proactive arm and 35 postrandomization strokes in the reactive arm (hazard ratio, 0.90; 95% confidence interval, 0.56 to 1.44; P=0.66). In multivariable models, women, diabetes, history of prior stroke at baseline, higher baseline systolic BP, lower serum albumin, and higher C-reactive protein were independently associated with stroke events during follow-up. Hemoglobin, total iron, and ESA dose were not associated with risk of stroke. Fifty-eight percent of patients with a stroke event died during follow-up compared with 23% without a stroke. Conclusions In patients on HD, stroke risk is broadly associated with risk factors previously described to increase cardiovascular risk in this population. Proactive intravenous iron does not increase stroke risk.Clinical Trial registry name and registration number: Proactive IV Iron Therapy in Haemodialysis Patients (PIVOTAL), 2013-002267-25.
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- Patrick B. Mark
- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Richard Bright Renal Unit, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Renal Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Hull York Medical School, Hull, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Berlin–Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, German Center for Cardiovascular Research Partner Site Berlin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Salford Royal Hospital and University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Department of Renal Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Kidney Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Renal Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Incidence and prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic kidney disease are increasing, and the two conditions commonly coexist. Renal impairment further increases the risk of ischemic stroke and systemic thromboembolism in patients with AF but also paradoxically predisposes to bleeding. Renal function should be monitored closely in patients with AF requiring oral anticoagulation therapy, particularly those receiving direct oral anticoagulants. Vitamin K antagonists can be used as part of a dose-adjusted anticoagulation regimen in patients with mild to moderate renal dysfunction. Dialysis-dependent patients taking vitamin K antagonists are at increased risk of sustaining major hemorrhage.
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- Maria Stefil
- Department of Cardiology, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool, L7 8XP, UK; Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool L14 3PE, UK
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- Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool L14 3PE, UK; Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool L14 3PE, UK; Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland; Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
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Premužić V, Stevanović R, Radić P, Salvetti M, Lovrić-Benčić M, Jelaković A, Miličić D, Capak K, Agabiti-Rosei E, Jelaković B. Chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation: European Society of Hypertension project - ESH A Fib. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e23975. [PMID: 33466138 PMCID: PMC7808501 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000023975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Our aim was to analyze characteristics of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) from the Croatian cohort of the ESH A Fib survey and to determine the association of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) with cardiovascular (CV) mortality after 24 months of follow-up.Consecutive sample of 301 patients with AF were enrolled in the period 2014 to 2018. Hypertension was defined as BP > 140/90 mm Hg and/or antihypertensive drugs treatment, CKD was defined as eGFR (CKD Epi) < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 which was confirmed after 3 months.CKD was diagnosed in 45.2% of patients (13.3% in CKD stage > 3b). CKD patients were older than non-CKD and had significantly more frequent coronary heart disease, heart failure and valvular disease. CKD patients had significantly higher CHA2DS2-VASc score and more CKD than non-CKD patients had CHA2DS2-VASc > 2. Crude CV mortality rate per 1000 population at the end of the first year of the follow-up was significantly higher in CKD vs non-CKD group who had shorter mean survival time. CV mortality was independently associated with eGFR, male gender, CHA2DS2VASc and R2CHA2DS2VASc scores.Prevalence of CKD, particularly more advanced stages of CKD, is very high in patients with AF. Observed higher CV mortality and shorter mean survival time in CKD patients could be explained with higher CHA2DS2VASc score which is a consequence of clustering of all score components in CKD patients. However, eGFR was independently associated with CV mortality. In our cohort, R2CHA2DS2VASc score was not associated significantly more with CV mortality than CHA2DS2VASc score.
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- Vedran Premužić
- Department of Nephrology, Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation, University Hospital Center Zagreb
- School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- University Hospital Center Sisters of Mercy, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Cardiology Clinic, University Hospital Center Zagreb
- School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Nephrology, Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation, University Hospital Center Zagreb
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- Cardiology Clinic, University Hospital Center Zagreb
- School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Nephrology, Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation, University Hospital Center Zagreb
- School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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A Systematic Review of the Incidence of Arrhythmias in Hemodialysis Patients Undergoing Long-Term Monitoring With Implantable Loop Recorders. Kidney Int Rep 2020; 6:56-65. [PMID: 33426385 PMCID: PMC7783576 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Introduction Establishing the frequency and nature of arrhythmias in hemodialysis (HD) is an important step in improving outcomes of these patients. We undertook this systematic review and meta-analysis to characterize arrhythmia frequency in maintenance HD patients. Methods We identified studies on arrhythmias in adult patients on maintenance HD detected via implantable loop recorders (ILRs). Studies included were in English and reported ILR-detected arrhythmia incidence in HD patients. Data were extracted by one author using electronic spreadsheets and verified by a second author. Random effects models were used for pooled inferences. The I2 statistic was used to quantify heterogeneity. Results Five studies qualified for inclusion (317 patients). The overall estimates for the annualized rate of death and sudden cardiac death (SCD) was 0.14 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.11–0.18) and 0.06 (95% CI: 0.03–0.10), respectively. Across all 5 studies, the combined annualized rate of patients experiencing at least 1 bradycardia/asystole event was 0.19 (95% CI: 0.11–0.33) but heterogeneity was high (I2 = 79.8%). The average annualized rate of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) episodes (0.02, 95% CI: 0.01–0.05) was significantly lower (P < 0.001) than the rate of bradycardia/asystole reported in the same patients. Incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) varied significantly across the studies (from 0.07 to 0.83 patients per year) reflecting variable definitions (new-onset vs. total number of episodes). Conclusion The incidence of arrhythmias among chronic HD patients is high, with bradycardia/asystole occurring more frequently than ventricular arrhythmias. Additional studies to refine estimates particularly of AF are needed.
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Goel N, Jain D, Haddad DB, Shanbhogue D. Anticoagulation in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease and Atrial Fibrillation: Confusion, Concerns and Consequences. J Stroke 2020; 22:306-316. [PMID: 33053946 PMCID: PMC7568986 DOI: 10.5853/jos.2020.01886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2019] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, congestive heart failure and advanced age, along with an increased incidence of non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF), thereby increasing the risk for cerebrovascular accidents. Systemic anticoagulation is therefore recommended in patients with ESRD with AF to reduce the risk and complications from thromboembolism. Paradoxically, these patients are at an increased risk of bleeding due to great degree of platelet dysfunction and impaired interaction between platelet and endothelium. Currently, CHA2DS2-VASc and Hypertension, Abnormal liver/kidney function, Stroke, Bleeding, Labile INR, Elderly, Drugs or alcohol (HAS-BLED) are the recommended models for stroke risk stratification and bleeding risk assessment in patients with AF. There is conflicting data regarding benefits and risks of medications such as antiplatelet agents, warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants in ESRD patients with AF. Moreover, there is no randomized controlled trial data to guide the clinical decision making. Hence, a multi-disciplinary approach with annual re-evaluation of treatment goals and risk-benefit assessment has been recommended. In this article, we review the current recommendations with risks and benefits of anticoagulation in patients with ESRD with AF.
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- Narender Goel
- New Jersey Kidney Care, Jersey, NJ, USA
- Division of Nephrology, CarePoint Health Hospitals, Jersey, NJ, USA
- Division of Nephrology, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey, NJ, USA
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- New Jersey Kidney Care, Jersey, NJ, USA
- Division of Nephrology, CarePoint Health Hospitals, Jersey, NJ, USA
- Division of Nephrology, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey, NJ, USA
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- New Jersey Kidney Care, Jersey, NJ, USA
- Division of Nephrology, CarePoint Health Hospitals, Jersey, NJ, USA
- Division of Nephrology, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey, NJ, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey, NJ, USA
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Ravera M, Bussalino E, Fusaro M, Di Lullo L, Aucella F, Paoletti E. Systematic DOACs oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease: the nephrologist's perspective. J Nephrol 2020; 33:483-495. [PMID: 32200488 DOI: 10.1007/s40620-020-00720-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is highly prevalent among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and also associated with unfavorable outcome. Anticoagulant therapy is the mainstep of management in such patients, aimed at reducing the high risk of systemic thromboembolism and especially of ischemic stroke, which is reportedly associated with increased mortality in CKD patients. Even though new direct oral anticoagulant agents (DOACs) proved to be effective in patients with non valvular chronic AF, and are therefore recommended by recent guidelines for their treatment, warfarin is currently used in more than one-half of subjects needing oral anticoagulation, and only 30% of them are converted from a vitamin K antagonist- to a DOAC-based regimen. The main reason for not prescribing DOACs is often a reduction in renal function, even if mild. Aim of this review was therefore to evaluate the impact of DOAC therapy in the setting of CKD, from a nephrological perspective, by comparing available evidence on the role of DOACs in patients with CKD and AF with that emerging from traditional warfarin-based therapy. Both the pathogenesis of AF in CKD, and available findings of renal, cardiovascular and bone effects of DOACs in CKD are discussed, leading to the conclusion that DOAC therapy should be considered as the first line therapy for non valvular AF in patients with mild and moderate reduction of renal function, and could also be adopted for patients with severe CKD not on hemodialysis treatment, whereas there is insufficient evidence for ESRD patients on dialysis.
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- Maura Ravera
- Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation, University of Genoa and Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
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- Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation, University of Genoa and Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC), Pisa, Italy
- Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Parodi-Delfino Hospital, Colleferro, Rome, Italy
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Scientific Institute for Research and Health Care, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation, University of Genoa and Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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Shinya Y, Miyawaki S, Kumagai I, Sugiyama T, Takenobu A, Saito N, Teraoka A. Risk Factors and Outcomes of Cerebral Stroke in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Receiving Hemodialysis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2020; 29:104657. [PMID: 32037266 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.104657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 01/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Dialysis patients have a higher incidence of stroke, and outcomes are often poor. Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a stroke risk-factor, but the importance is unclear in dialysis patients. This study investigated the stroke features and risk factors in hemodialysis (HD) patients. METHODS All end-stage renal disease patients undergoing HD at Teraoka Memorial Hospital dialysis center were identified, with 195 recruited. Baseline clinical characteristics were collected, and the clinical outcomes and related factors of stroke in HD patients were retrospectively analyzed. The incidence rate of stroke and mortality were calculated using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. Factors potentially related to stroke were analyzed by the log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards model for univariate and multivariate analysis. RESULTS In total, 21.0% (41 of 195) patients developed stroke. The incidence rates of stroke per 1000 patient-years were 53.6, 65.2, and 34.0 in all HD patients, DN patients, and non-DN patients, respectively. The cumulative incidence rates of stroke in all HD patients, DN patients, and non-DN patients per 5 years, and per 10 years were 22.6%, 43.5%; 28.8%, 59.6%; and 17.6%, 31.1%, respectively. The incidence rate of stroke in the DN patients was significantly higher than in the non-DN patients (P = .013). DN was the significant risk factor for stroke by multivariate analysis (hazard ratio 2.63, 95% confidence interval 1.08-7.85; P = .032). CONCLUSIONS This study revealed the trends of stroke in HD patients at a single institution in Japan. DN was shown to be a significant risk factor for stroke in HD patients.
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- Yuki Shinya
- Departments of Neurosurgery, Teraoka Memorial Hospital, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Departments of Nephrology, Teraoka Memorial Hospital, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Information Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Department of Public Health/Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, Teraoka Memorial Hospital, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, Teraoka Memorial Hospital, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
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Trivioli G. Atrial fibrillation and kidney disease: insights on a close relationship. Intern Emerg Med 2019; 14:1025-1027. [PMID: 31317312 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-019-02141-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Giorgio Trivioli
- Nephrology Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital and Department of Biomedical Experimental and Clinical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Firenze, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139, Firenze, Italy.
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Findlay M, MacIsaac R, MacLeod MJ, Metcalfe W, Sood MM, Traynor JP, Dawson J, Mark PB. The Association of Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Stroke in Patients on Hemodialysis: A Competing Risk Analysis. Can J Kidney Health Dis 2019; 6:2054358119878719. [PMID: 31632680 PMCID: PMC6767723 DOI: 10.1177/2054358119878719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Stroke is common in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) treated with hemodialysis (HD) and associated with high mortality rate. In the general population, atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major risk factor for stroke and therapeutic anticoagulation is associated with risk reduction, whereas in ESRD the relationship is less clear. Objective The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the influence of AF on stroke rates and probability in those on HD following competing risk analyses. Design A national record linkage cohort study. Setting All renal and stroke units in Scotland, UK. Patients All patients with ESRD receiving HD within Scotland from 2005 to 2013 (follow-up to 2015). Measurements Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were linked between the Scottish Renal Registry, Scottish Stroke Care Audit, and hospital discharge data. Stroke was defined as a fatal or nonfatal event and mortality derived from national records. Methods Associations for stroke were determined using competing risk models: the cause-specific hazards model and the Fine and Gray subdistribution hazards model accounting for the competing risk of death in models of all stroke, ischemic stroke, and first-ever stroke. Results Of 5502 patients treated with HD with 12 348.6-year follow-up, 363 (6.6%) experienced stroke. The stroke incidence rate was 26.7 per 1000 patient-years. Multivariable regression on the cause-specific hazard for stroke demonstrated age, hazard ratio (HR) (95% confidence interval [CI]) = 1.04 (1.03-1.05); AF, HR (95% CI) = 1.88 (1.25-2.83); prior stroke, HR (95% CI) = 2.29 (1.48-3.54), and diabetes, HR (95% CI) = 1.92 (1.45-2.53); serum phosphate, HR (95% CI) = 2.15 (1.56-2.99); lower body weight, HR (95% CI) = 0.99 (0.98-1.00); lower hemoglobin, HR (95% CI) = 0.88 (0.77-0.99); and systolic blood pressure (BP), HR (95% CI) = 1.01 (1.00-1.02), to be associated with an increased stroke rate. In contrast, the subdistribution HRs obtained following Fine and Gray regression demonstrated that AF, weight, and hemoglobin were not associated with stroke risk. In both models, AF was significantly associated with nonstroke death. Limitations Our analyses derive from retrospective data sets and thus can only describe association not causation. Data on anticoagulant use are not available. Conclusions The incidence of stroke in HD patients is high. The competing risk of "prestroke" mortality affects the relationship between AF and risk of future stroke. Trial designs for interventions to reduce stroke risk in HD patients, such as anticoagulation for AF, should take account of competing risks affecting associations between risk factors and outcomes.
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- Mark Findlay
- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK.,The Glasgow Renal & Transplant Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, UK.,On Behalf of the Scottish Stroke Care Audit, Information Services Division, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK.,On Behalf of the Scottish Renal Registry, Information Services Division, Glasgow, UK
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, ON, Canada
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- The Glasgow Renal & Transplant Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, UK.,On Behalf of the Scottish Renal Registry, Information Services Division, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK.,The Glasgow Renal & Transplant Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK.,The Glasgow Renal & Transplant Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, UK
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Hu A, Niu J, Winkelmayer WC. Oral Anticoagulation in Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease on Dialysis and Atrial Fibrillation. Semin Nephrol 2019; 38:618-628. [PMID: 30413255 DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2018.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) have an elevated incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and are at increased risk for thromboembolic events. However, these patients are also at increased risk for bleeding and it is unclear whether they benefit from an oral anticoagulant. Point prevalent on July 1, 2015, only ~28% of dialysis patients with AF were on oral anticoagulation. Warfarin was the most commonly used oral anticoagulant, followed by apixaban, while dabigatran and rivaroxaban were rarely used. This article reviews the current evidence regarding each oral anticoagulant especially as they relate to patients with ESKD.
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- Austin Hu
- Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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Bansal N, Xie D, Sha D, Appel LJ, Deo R, Feldman HI, He J, Jamerson K, Kusek JW, Messe S, Navaneethan SD, Rahman M, Ricardo AC, Soliman EZ, Townsend R, Go AS. Cardiovascular Events after New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Adults with CKD: Results from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study. J Am Soc Nephrol 2018; 29:2859-2869. [PMID: 30377231 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2018050514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common sustained arrhythmia in CKD, is associated with poor clinical outcomes in both patients without CKD and patients with dialysis-treated ESRD. However, less is known about AF-associated outcomes in patients with CKD who do not require dialysis. METHODS To prospectively examine the association of new-onset AF with subsequent risks of cardiovascular disease events and death among adults with CKD, we studied participants enrolled in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study who did not have AF at baseline. Outcomes included heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, and death occurring after diagnosis of AF. We used Cox regression models and marginal structural models to examine the association of incident AF with subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease events and death, adjusting for patient characteristics, laboratory values, and medication use. RESULTS Among 3080 participants, 323 (10.5%) developed incident AF during a mean 6.1 years of follow-up. Compared with participants who did not develop AF, those who did had higher adjusted rates of heart failure (hazard ratio [HR], 5.17; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 3.89 to 6.87), myocardial infarction (HR, 3.64; 95% CI, 2.50 to 5.31), stroke (HR, 2.66; 95% CI, 1.50 to 4.74), and death (HR, 3.30; 95% CI, 2.65 to 4.12). These associations remained robust with additional adjustment for biomarkers of inflammation, cardiac stress, and mineral metabolism; left ventricular mass; ejection fraction; and left atrial diameter. CONCLUSIONS Incident AF is independently associated with two- to five-fold increased rates of developing subsequent heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, or death in adults with CKD. These findings have important implications for cardiovascular risk reduction.
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- Nisha Bansal
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;
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- Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and.,Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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Airy M, Chang TI, Ding VY, Goldstein BA, Bansal N, Niu J, Navaneethan SD, Turakhia MP, Winkelmayer WC. Risk profiles for acute health events after incident atrial fibrillation in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2018; 33:1590-1597. [PMID: 29145634 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfx301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Little is known about the cardiovascular risks of incident atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing hemodialysis (HD). Methods We studied older US patients who newly initiated HD for ESRD (2006-11) and who had not previously been diagnosed with AF, stroke, myocardial infarction (MI) or hip fracture. We used Cox regression with AF as a time-varying covariate, adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics and comorbidities to estimate hazard ratios [HRs (95% confidence intervals)] for the events of ischemic stroke, MI and death. Hip fracture served as a negative control outcome. Results We identified 85 377 older patients (mean age: 76.5 years) who initiated HD; of these, 14.3% were subsequently diagnosed with AF (14.9% thereof as primary diagnosis) and 49.8% died during follow-up. Incident AF was associated with nine times higher adjusted mortality during the first 30 days [9.2 (8.8-9.6)], 5-fold higher mortality between 31 and 90 days [4.6 (4.3-4.8)] and double the mortality beyond 90 days from first AF diagnosis [2.2 (2.1-2.3)]. Incident AF was similarly associated with higher adjusted risk of ischemic stroke: 2.1 (1.6-2.7) during the first 30 days, 2.5 (2.0-3.0) between 31 and 90 days and 1.5 (1.3-1.7) beyond 90 days. Similar findings were obtained for MI. However, the risk of hip fracture was only marginally increased following AF diagnosis [≤30 days: 1.1 (0.7-1.6); 31-90 days: 1.4 (1.0-1.8); >90 days: 1.2 (1.1-1.4)]. All associations were attenuated and the association with hip fracture was null when incident AF was defined by a primary diagnosis code. Conclusions AF was strongly associated with increased risks of ischemic stroke, MI and death, with risks highest soon after AF diagnosis but extending beyond 90 days.
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- Medha Airy
- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Kidney Research Institute, Division of Nephrology, University of Nephrology, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.,Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Airy M, Schold JD, Jolly SE, Arrigain S, Bansal N, Winkelmayer WC, Nally JV, Navaneethan SD. Cause-Specific Mortality in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Atrial Fibrillation. Am J Nephrol 2018; 48:36-45. [PMID: 30048961 DOI: 10.1159/000491023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We examined the associations between AF and cause-specific mortality in a large CKD population. METHODS We included 62,459 patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate 15-59 mL/min/1.73 m2 (6,639 patients with AF and 55,820 without AF) followed in a large health care system. Outcomes included overall and cause-specific deaths (a) cardiovascular; (b) malignancy; and (c) non-cardiovascular/non-malignancy causes. Cox regression models for overall mortality and separate competing risk models for each major cause of death category were used to evaluate their respective associations with AF. RESULTS During a median follow-up of 4.1 years, 19,094 patients died; cause of death was known for 18,854 patients. After multivariable adjustment (demographics, comorbidities, relevant laboratory data, medication use, and kidney function), AF was associated with 23% (95% CI 18-29%) higher risk of all-cause mortality, 45% (95% CI 31-61%) higher risk of cardiovascular mortality and 13% (95% CI 3-22%) lower risk of malignancy-related mortality. Exclusion of patients with malignancy yielded similar results except for a lack of association between AF and malignancy-related deaths. Results were consistent across various stages of CKD. CONCLUSIONS In a non-dialysis-dependent CKD population, the presence of AF was associated with higher all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. These data suggest that patients with both CKD and AF are at high cardiovascular risk, and thus clinical practice (or trials) should aim at reducing the overall excess cardiovascular mortality (not stroke alone) in patients with AF and CKD.
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- Medha Airy
- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Center for Populations Health Research, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- Section of Nephrology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Turakhia MP, Blankestijn PJ, Carrero JJ, Clase CM, Deo R, Herzog CA, Kasner SE, Passman RS, Pecoits-Filho R, Reinecke H, Shroff GR, Zareba W, Cheung M, Wheeler DC, Winkelmayer WC, Wanner C. Chronic kidney disease and arrhythmias: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference. Eur Heart J 2018; 39:2314-2325. [PMID: 29522134 PMCID: PMC6012907 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
MESH Headings
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac/epidemiology
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac/therapy
- Atrial Fibrillation/complications
- Atrial Fibrillation/drug therapy
- Atrial Fibrillation/epidemiology
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac/prevention & control
- Defibrillators, Implantable
- Humans
- Hyperkalemia/epidemiology
- Hyperkalemia/metabolism
- Hypokalemia/epidemiology
- Hypokalemia/metabolism
- Inflammation
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/epidemiology
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/metabolism
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy
- Oxidative Stress
- Potassium/metabolism
- Renal Dialysis
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/epidemiology
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/metabolism
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/therapy
- Risk Factors
- Stroke/etiology
- Stroke/prevention & control
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- Mintu P Turakhia
- Stanford University School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Miranda Ave, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, room F03.220, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 12A, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine and Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Marian Wing, 3rd Floor, M333, 50 Charlton Ave. E, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Section of Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 9 Founders Cardiology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, 914 S. 8th Street, S4.100, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, 3W Gates Bldg. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, 201 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL, USA
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- School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Paraná, Rua Imaculada Conceição Curitiba PR, Brazil
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- Department für Kardiologie und Angiologie Universitätsklinikum Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, Muenster, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Heart Research Follow-up Program, Cardiology Division, University of Rochester Medical Center, Saunders Research Building, 265 Crittenden Blvd. CU, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Centre for Nephrology, University College London, Rowland Hill Street, London, UK
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, ABBR R705, MS: 395, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Würzburg, Oberduerrbacherstr. 6 Würzburg, Germany
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Mlodawska E, Lopatowska P, Malyszko J, Banach M, Sobkowicz B, Covic A, Tomaszuk-Kazberuk A. Atrial fibrillation in dialysis patients: is there a place for non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants? Int Urol Nephrol 2018; 50:1633-1642. [PMID: 29785661 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-018-1877-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs approximately in 3% of general population, with greater prevalence in elderly. Non-vitamin K-dependent oral anticoagulant agents (NOACs) according to the current European guidelines are recommended for patients with AF at high risk for stroke as a first-choice treatment. NOACs are not inferior to warfarin or some of them are better than warfarin in reducing the rate of ischemic stroke. Moreover, they significantly reduce the rate of intracranial hemorrhages, major bleedings, and mortality compared with warfarin. Nevertheless according to ESC guidelines, NOACs are not recommended in patients with creatinine clearance < 30 mL/min. Observational studies provide contradictive data. Only few new trials are ongoing. Therefore, it is not clear if NOACs should be in the future prescribed to patients with advanced CKD and those on dialysis. Moreover, the risk of stroke and bleeding is much higher in such population than in patients without end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The authors provide data on pros and cons of use of NOACs in ESRD patients with AF.
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- Elzbieta Mlodawska
- Department of Cardiology, Medical University in Bialystok, Białystok, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University in Bialystok, Białystok, Poland
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- Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Internal Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hypertension, Chair of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University in Bialystok, Białystok, Poland
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- Nephrology Clinic, Dialysis and Renal Transplant Center - 'C.I. Parhon' University Hospital, and 'Grigore T. Popa' University of Medicine, Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University in Bialystok, Białystok, Poland. .,Department of Cardiology, University Hospital in Bialystok, ul. Skłodowskiej-Curie 24A, 15-276, Białystok, Poland.
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Use of oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation and renal dysfunction. Nat Rev Nephrol 2018; 14:337-351. [PMID: 29578207 DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2018.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are increasingly prevalent in the general population and share common risk factors such as older age, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The presence of CKD increases the risk of incident AF, and, likewise, AF increases the risk of CKD development and/or progression. Both conditions are associated with substantial thromboembolic risk, but patients with advanced CKD also exhibit a paradoxical increase in bleeding risk. In the landmark randomized clinical trials that compared non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) with warfarin for thromboprophylaxis in patients with AF, the efficacy and safety of NOACs in patients with mild-to-moderate CKD were similar to those in patients without CKD. Dose adjustment of NOACs as per the prescribing label is required in this population. Owing to limited trial data, evidence-based recommendations for the management of patients with AF and severe CKD or end-stage renal disease on dialysis are lacking. Observational cohort studies have reported conflicting results, and the management of these particularly vulnerable patients remains challenging and requires careful assessment of stroke and bleeding risk and, where appropriate, use of warfarin with good-quality anticoagulation control.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review article focuses on the most significant cardiovascular complications in dialysis patients [sudden cardiac death (SCD), acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation]. RECENT FINDINGS Current and ongoing research aims to quantify the rate and pattern of significant arrhythmia in dialysis patients and to determine the predominant mechanism of SCD. Preliminary findings from these studies suggest a high rate of atrial fibrillation and that bradycardia and asystole may be more frequent than ventricular arrhythmia as a cause of sudden death. A recently published matched cohort study in dialysis patients who received a defibrillator for primary prevention showed that there was no significant difference in mortality rates between defibrillator-treated patients and propensity-matched controls. Two randomized controlled trials are currently recruiting participants and will hopefully answer the question of whether implantable or wearable cardioverter defibrillators can prevent SCD. An observational study using United States Renal Data System data demonstrated how difficult it is to keep hemodialysis patients on warfarin, as more than two-thirds discontinued the drug during the first year. The ISCHEMIA-CKD trial may provide answers about the optimal strategy for the treatment of atherosclerotic coronary disease in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. SUMMARY The article reviews the diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes in dialysis patients, current literature on myocardial revascularization, and data on fatal and nonfatal cardiac arrhythmia. The new classification of heart failure in end-stage renal disease is reviewed. Finally, available cohort studies on warfarin for stroke prevention in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation are reviewed.
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Molnar AO, Sood MM. Predicting in a predicament: Stroke and hemorrhage risk prediction in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation. Semin Dial 2017; 31:37-47. [PMID: 28699181 DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Whether to anticoagulate dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation is a common clinical dilemma with limited high-quality data to inform decision-making. While the efficacy and safety of anticoagulation for stroke prevention in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation has long been debated and remains unclear, the more upstream issue of stroke risk assessment from atrial fibrillation has received relatively little attention. In the general population, a handful of risk scores to help predict stroke and hemorrhage risk in the setting of atrial fibrillation are widely validated and applied in clinical practice. But are they applicable to the dialysis population? The most commonly used stroke risk scores, CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASC, have limited validation in the dialysis population, and when validated, have shown poor performance (c-statistics <0.70). Stroke risk scores derived in the general atrial fibrillation population may perform poorly in dialysis patients for a number of reasons. Dialysis patients have unique stroke risk factors, such as chronic inflammation and vascular calcification, and a much higher competing risk of death, none of which are accounted for in current risk scores. Further complicating the dilemma of anticoagulation is hemorrhage risk, which is known to be exceedingly high in dialysis patients. Currently available hemorrhage risk scores, such as HAS-BLED, have not been validated in dialysis patients and will likely underestimate hemorrhage risk. Moving forward, risk tools specific to the dialysis population are needed to accurately assess and balance stroke and hemorrhage risks in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation.
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- Amber O Molnar
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.,Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Cognitive Impairment in Chronic Kidney Disease: Vascular Milieu and the Potential Therapeutic Role of Exercise. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 2017:2726369. [PMID: 28503567 PMCID: PMC5414492 DOI: 10.1155/2017/2726369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is considered a model of accelerated aging. More specifically, CKD leads to reduced physical functioning and increased frailty, increased vascular dysfunction, vascular calcification and arterial stiffness, high levels of systemic inflammation, and oxidative stress, as well as increased cognitive impairment. Increasing evidence suggests that the cognitive impairment associated with CKD may be related to cerebral small vessel disease and overall impairment in white matter integrity. The triad of poor physical function, vascular dysfunction, and cognitive impairment places patients living with CKD at an increased risk for loss of independence, poor health-related quality of life, morbidity, and mortality. The purpose of this review is to discuss the available evidence of cerebrovascular-renal axis and its interconnection with early and accelerated cognitive impairment in patients with CKD and the plausible role of exercise as a therapeutic modality. Understanding the cerebrovascular-renal axis pathophysiological link and its interconnection with physical function is important for clinicians in order to minimize the risk of loss of independence and improve quality of life in patients with CKD.
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Delanaye P, Bouquegneau A, Dubois BE, Sprynger M, Mariat C, Krzesinski JM, Lancellotti P. Fibrillation auriculaire et anticoagulation chez le patient hémodialysé : une décision difficile. Nephrol Ther 2017; 13:59-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nephro.2016.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2016] [Revised: 09/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bansal N. Use of Oral Anticoagulation for Patients with ESRD on Hemodialysis with Atrial Fibrillation: Verdict 1. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2016; 11:2093-2094. [PMID: 27797899 PMCID: PMC5108201 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.08610816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Nisha Bansal
- Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Bansal N, Xie D, Tao K, Chen J, Deo R, Horwitz E, Hsu CY, Kallem RK, Keane MG, Lora CM, Raj D, Soliman EZ, Strauss L, Wolf M, Go AS. Atrial Fibrillation and Risk of ESRD in Adults with CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2016; 11:1189-1196. [PMID: 27073197 PMCID: PMC4934846 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.10921015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Atrial fibrillation frequently complicates CKD and is associated with adverse outcomes. Progression to ESRD is a major complication of CKD, but the link with atrial fibrillation has not been fully delineated. In this study, we examined the association of incident atrial fibrillation with the risk of ESRD in patients with CKD. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS We studied participants in the prospective Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study without atrial fibrillation at entry. Incident atrial fibrillation was identified by study visit ECGs, self-report, and hospital discharge diagnostic codes, with confirmation by physician adjudication. ESRD through 2012 was ascertained by participant self-report, medical records, and linkage to the US Renal Data System. Data on potential confounders were obtained from self-report, study visits, and laboratory tests. Marginal structural models were used to study the potential association of incident atrial fibrillation with risk of ESRD after adjustment for time-dependent confounding. RESULTS Among 3091 participants, 172 (5.6%) developed incident atrial fibrillation during follow-up. During mean follow-up of 5.9 years, 43 patients had ESRD that occurred after development of incident atrial fibrillation (11.8/100 person-years) compared with 581 patients without incident atrial fibrillation (3.4/100 person-years). In marginal structural models with inverse probability weighting, incident atrial fibrillation was associated with a substantially higher rate of ESRD (hazard ratio, 3.2; 95% confidence interval, 1.9 to 5.2). This association was consistent across important subgroups by age, sex, race, diabetes status, and baseline eGFR. CONCLUSIONS Incident atrial fibrillation was associated with higher risk of developing ESRD in CKD. Additional study is needed to identify potentially modifiable pathways through which atrial fibrillation was associated with a higher risk of progression to ESRD. More aggressive monitoring and treatment of patients with CKD and atrial fibrillation may improve outcomes in this high-risk population.
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- Nisha Bansal
- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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Nochaiwong S, Ruengorn C, Awiphan R, Dandecha P, Noppakun K, Phrommintikul A. Efficacy and safety of warfarin in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Open Heart 2016; 3:e000441. [PMID: 27386140 PMCID: PMC4916629 DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2016-000441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2016] [Revised: 04/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Objective To systematically review and meta-analyse the risk–benefit ratio of warfarin users compared with non-warfarin users in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), who are undergoing dialysis. Methods We searched PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, SCOPUS, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, grey literature, conference proceedings, trial registrations and also did handsearch. Cohort studies without language restrictions were included. Two investigators independently conducted a full abstraction of data, risk of bias and graded evidence. Effect estimates were pooled using random-effect models. Main outcome measure All-cause mortality, total stroke/thromboembolism and bleeding complications. Results 14 studies included 37 349 dialysis patients with AF, of whom 12 529 (33.5%) were warfarin users. For all-cause mortality: adjusted HR=0.99 (95% CI 0.89 to 1.10; p=0.825), unadjusted risk ratio (RR)=1.00 (95% CI 0.96 to 1.04; p=0.847). For stroke/thromboembolism: adjusted HR=1.06 (95% CI 0.82 to 1.36; p=0.676), unadjusted incidence rate ratio (IRR)=1.23 (95% CI 0.94 to 1.61; p=0.133). For ischaemic stroke/transient ischaemic attack, adjusted HR=0.91 (95% CI 0.57 to 1.45; p=0.698), unadjusted IRR=1.16 (95% CI 0.84 to 1.62; p=0.370). For haemorrhagic stroke, adjusted HR=1.60 (95% CI 0.91 to 2.81; p=0.100), unadjusted IRR=1.48 (95% CI 0.92 to 2.36; p=0.102). Major bleeding was increased among warfarin users; adjusted HR=1.35 (95% CI 1.11 to 1.64; p=0.003) and unadjusted IRR=1.22 (95% CI 1.07 to 1.40; p=0.003). Conclusions Among dialysis patients with AF, warfarin therapy was not associated with mortality and stroke/thromboembolism, but significantly increased the risk of major bleeding. More rigorous studies are essential to demonstrate the effect of warfarin for stroke prophylaxis in dialysis patients with AF.
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- Surapon Nochaiwong
- Department of Pharmaceutical Care, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Pharmacoepidemiology and Statistics Clinic, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Care, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Pharmacoepidemiology and Statistics Clinic, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Care, Faculty of Pharmacy , Chiang Mai University , Chiang Mai , Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine , Prince of Songkla University , Hat Yai, Songkhla , Thailand
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- Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , Chiang Mai University , Chiang Mai , Thailand
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , Chiang Mai University , Chiang Mai , Thailand
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Dad T, Weiner DE. Stroke and Chronic Kidney Disease: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Management Across Kidney Disease Stages. Semin Nephrol 2016; 35:311-22. [PMID: 26355250 DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cerebrovascular disease and stroke are very common at all stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD), likely representing both shared risk factors as well as synergy among risk factors. More subtle ischemic brain lesions may be particularly common in the CKD population, with subtle manifestations including cognitive impairment. For individuals with nondialysis CKD, the prevention, approach to, diagnosis, and management of stroke is similar to the general, non-CKD population. For individuals with end-stage renal disease, far less is known regarding strategies to prevent stroke. Stroke prophylaxis using warfarin in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation in particular remains of uncertain benefit. End-stage renal disease patients can be managed aggressively in the setting of acute stroke. Outcomes after stroke at all stages of CKD are poor, and improving these outcomes should be the subject of future clinical trials.
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- Taimur Dad
- Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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Wang TKM, Sathananthan J, Marshall M, Kerr A, Hood C. Relationships between Anticoagulation, Risk Scores and Adverse Outcomes in Dialysis Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Heart Lung Circ 2016; 25:243-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2015] [Revised: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Charytan DM, Foley R, McCullough PA, Rogers JD, Zimetbaum P, Herzog CA, Tumlin JA. Arrhythmia and Sudden Death in Hemodialysis Patients: Protocol and Baseline Characteristics of the Monitoring in Dialysis Study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2016; 11:721-34. [PMID: 26763255 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.09350915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dialysis patients have high rates of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, but data on arrhythmia burden, arrhythmia type, arrhythmia triggers, and the identity of terminal arrhythmias have historically been limited by an inability to monitor heart rhythm for prolonged periods. OBJECTIVES To investigate arrhythmia and its association with sudden death in dialysis-dependent ESRD, describe the potential for implantable devices to advance study of dialysis physiology, review the ethical implications of using implantable devices in clinical studies, and report on the protocol and baseline results of the Monitoring in Dialysis Study (MiD). DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS In this multicenter, interventional-observational, prospective cohort study, we placed implantable loop recorders in patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis. The proportion of patients experiencing clinically significant arrhythmias was the primary endpoint. For 6 months, we captured detailed data on the primary endpoint, symptomatic arrhythmias, other electrocardiographic variables, dialysis prescription, electrolytes, dialysis-related variables, and vital signs. We collected additional electrocardiographic data for up to 1 year. RESULTS Overall, 66 patients underwent implantation in sites in the United States and India. Diabetes was present in 63.6% of patients, 12.1% were age ≥70 years, 69.7% were men, and 53.0% were black. Primary and secondary endpoint data are expected in 2016. CONCLUSIONS Cardiac arrhythmia is an important contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in dialysis patients, but available technology has previously limited the ability to estimate its true burden and triggers and to define terminal rhythms in sudden death. Use of implantable technology in observational studies raises complex issues but may greatly expand understanding of dialysis physiology. The use of implantable loop recorders in MiD is among the first examples of such a trial, and the results are expected to provide novel insights into the nature of arrhythmia in hemodialysis patients.
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- David M Charytan
- Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts;
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- Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas; Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Heart Hospital, Plano, Texas
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- Department of Cardiology, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and
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- Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga College of Medicine, Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Gómez-Puerta JA, Feldman CH, Alarcón GS, Guan H, Winkelmayer WC, Costenbader KH. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Mortality and Cardiovascular Events Among Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Due to Lupus Nephritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2015; 67:1453-62. [PMID: 25624071 DOI: 10.1002/acr.22562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Revised: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To identify racial and ethnic differences in mortality and cardiovascular (CV) risk among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to lupus nephritis (LN). METHODS Within the US ESRD registry (1995-2008), we identified individuals ages >17 years with incident ESRD due to systemic lupus erythematosus. We ascertained demographics, clinical factors, and deaths from registry patient files and CV events (myocardial infarction, heart failure, and hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes) from inpatient Medicare claims. We calculated incidence rates (95% confidence intervals [95% CIs]) per 1,000 person-years for study events, stratified by race and ethnicity. We compared probabilities of the events among racial and ethnic groups using cumulative incidence function curves and multivariable-adjusted subdistribution proportional hazard ratios (HRsd), taking into account the competing events of kidney transplantation and death (for nonfatal CV events). RESULTS Of 12,533 patients with LN-associated ESRD, the mean ± SD age was 40.7 ± 14.9 years, 82% were women, and 49% were African American. The overall mortality rate was 98.1/1,000 person-years (95% CI 95.3-100.9). In multivariable models, Asian and Hispanic LN-associated ESRD patients had lower mortality than whites (HRsd 0.70 [95% CI 0.58-0.84] and 0.79 [95% CI 0.71-0.88], respectively), whereas African Americans had higher mortality (HRsd 1.27 [95% CI 1.18-1.36]). African American patients >40 years old had higher mortality than their white counterparts (HRsd 1.67 [95% CI 1.44-1.93]). African Americans were more likely to be admitted for heart failure or hemorrhagic stroke. CONCLUSION Among patients with LN-associated ESRD, Asians and Hispanics experienced lower mortality and CV event risks than whites, and African Americans had higher mortality and CV event risks than whites.
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Cherian L, Conners J, Cutting S, Lee VH, Song S. Periprocedural Risk of Stroke Is Elevated in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis. Cerebrovasc Dis Extra 2015; 5:91-4. [PMID: 26648963 PMCID: PMC4662336 DOI: 10.1159/000440732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Revised: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To describe the most common clinical factors and stroke etiologies in a case series of patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis (ESRD/HD) with transient ischemic attack (TIA) or ischemic stroke (IS). BACKGROUND Prior studies have shown that patients on HD are at an elevated risk of stroke, but these studies have focused on the overall stroke risk. This case series sought to determine the percentage of acute ischemic events that occur during or immediately after HD. METHODS ICD-9 codes were used to identify IS and TIA patients with ESRD/HD admitted to the stroke service from August 22, 2011, to June 21, 2014. Charts were reviewed to determine the age, sex, and race/ethnicity of the cohort. TIA/IS diagnosis was confirmed by a vascular neurologist. Clinical factors were assessed, including: onset during or shortly after HD, defined as occurring within 12 h of HD; the presence of a lesion on diffusion-weighted MRI; hypotension, hyponatremia, or hypoglycemia at symptom onset; the stroke etiology; the presence of focal neurologic deficits; whether the patient was in the window period for intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IVtPA) upon presentation, and whether the patient received IVtPA. RESULTS We identified 34 ESRD/HD patients with a diagnosis of TIA/stroke in the specified time period. A majority of patients (70.6%) were African American. Patient age ranged from 32 to 84 years, with a median age of 67 years. Twenty-seven patients (79.4%) had confirmed ischemic infarcts on diffusion-weighted MRI. Seven patients (20.6%) were diagnosed with TIA. In 13 patients (38.2%), symptom onset occurred during or shortly after HD. Of these 13 patients, 8 (61.5%) had symptom onset during HD. Three patients (8.8%) had documented hypotension near the time of symptom onset, and 2 (5.9%) were hyponatremic on presentation to the emergency department. The distribution of stroke etiologies was as follows: 4 (11.8%) watershed distribution, 1 (2.9%) large artery atherosclerosis, 2 (20.6%) small vessel disease, 10 (29.4%) cardioembolic, and 9 (26.5%) cryptogenic. In 28 patients (82.4%), focal neurologic deficits were observed on presentation. Nine patients (26.5%) arrived within the window period for IVtPA, and 4 (11.8%) were eligible and received IVtPA. CONCLUSIONS Of all patients with ESRD on HD admitted to the stroke service over the study period, over one third (38.3%) had the onset of their ischemic event during or shortly after HD, and nearly one quarter (23.5%) had the onset during HD. While clinicians may be tempted to attribute neurologic changes after HD to metabolic etiologies, they should also be aware that HD represents a period of elevated risk for acute ischemia.
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- Laurel Cherian
- Section of Cerebrovascular Disease, Department of Neurology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill., USA
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- Section of Cerebrovascular Disease, Department of Neurology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill., USA
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- Section of Cerebrovascular Disease, Department of Neurology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill., USA
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- Section of Cerebrovascular Disease, Department of Neurology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill., USA
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- Section of Cerebrovascular Disease, Department of Neurology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill., USA
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Mittal M, Aggarwal K, Littrell RL, Agrawal H, Alpert MA. Does pharmacotherapy improve cardiovascular outcomes in hemodialysis patients? Hemodial Int 2015; 19 Suppl 3:S40-50. [DOI: 10.1111/hdi.12352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Mayank Mittal
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; University of Missouri School of Medicine; Columbia Missouri USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; University of Missouri School of Medicine; Columbia Missouri USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; University of Missouri School of Medicine; Columbia Missouri USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; University of Missouri School of Medicine; Columbia Missouri USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; University of Missouri School of Medicine; Columbia Missouri USA
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Phadnis MA, Wetmore JB, Shireman TI, Ellerbeck EF, Mahnken JD. An ensemble survival model for estimating relative residual longevity following stroke: Application to mortality data in the chronic dialysis population. Stat Methods Med Res 2015; 26:2667-2680. [PMID: 26403934 DOI: 10.1177/0962280215605107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Time-dependent covariates can be modeled within the Cox regression framework and can allow both proportional and nonproportional hazards for the risk factor of research interest. However, in many areas of health services research, interest centers on being able to estimate residual longevity after the occurrence of a particular event such as stroke. The survival trajectory of patients experiencing a stroke can be potentially influenced by stroke type (hemorrhagic or ischemic), time of the stroke (relative to time zero), time since the stroke occurred, or a combination of these factors. In such situations, researchers are more interested in estimating lifetime lost due to stroke rather than merely estimating the relative hazard due to stroke. To achieve this, we propose an ensemble approach using the generalized gamma distribution by means of a semi-Markov type model with an additive hazards extension. Our modeling framework allows stroke as a time-dependent covariate to affect all three parameters (location, scale, and shape) of the generalized gamma distribution. Using the concept of relative times, we answer the research question by estimating residual life lost due to ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in the chronic dialysis population.
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- Milind A Phadnis
- 1 Departments of Biostatistics, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- 2 Division of Nephrology, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.,3 Chronic Disease Research Group, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- 4 Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA.,5 The Kidney Institute, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- 4 Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- 1 Departments of Biostatistics, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
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Wetmore JB, Mahnken JD, Phadnis MA, Ellerbeck EF, Shireman TI. Relationship between calcium channel blocker class and mortality in dialysis. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2015; 24:1249-58. [PMID: 26371369 DOI: 10.1002/pds.3869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Revised: 07/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The comparative effectiveness of dihydropyridine (DHP) and non-DHP calcium channel blockers (CCBs) in maintenance dialysis patients has not been well-studied. METHODS A retrospective cohort of hypertensive patients initiating dialysis was created. New CCB initiators, defined as individual who had no evidence of CCB use in the first 90 days of dialysis but who were initiated by day 180, were followed from their first day of medication exposure until event or censoring; events consisted of all-cause mortality (ACM) and a combined endpoint of cardiovascular morbidity or mortality (CVMM). Cox proportional hazards models were used to determine adjusted hazard ratios (AHRs) comparing the effect of DHPs vs. non-DHPs. RESULTS There were 2900 and 2704 new initiators of CCBs in the ACM and CVMM models, respectively. Adjusted for other factors, use of DHPs, compared to non-DHPs, was associated with an AHR of 0.77 (99% confidence intervals, 0.64 - 0.93, P = 0.0004) for ACM and 0.86 (0.72 - 1.02, P = 0.024) for CVMM. Results were similar when individuals who initiated therapy at any point after the cohort inception were included, with AHRs of 0.60 (0.53 - 0.69, P < 0.0001) and 0.77 (0.67 - 0.89, P < 0.0001) for ACM and CVMM, respectively. Further, elimination of individuals with chronic atrial fibrillation resulted in AHRs of 0.71 and 0.70 for ACM and CVVM, respectively. CONCLUSION DHPs, as compared to non-DHPs, were associated with reduced hazard of death or cardiovascular morbidity and mortality; potential mechanisms of action require further study.
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- James B Wetmore
- Division of Nephrology, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.,Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Kansas City, KS, USA.,The Kidney Institute, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
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Hsu YH, Chen HJ, Shen SC, Tsai WC, Hsu CC, Kao CH. Reduced Stroke Risk After Parathyroidectomy in End-Stage Renal Disease: A 13-Year Population-Based Cohort Study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2015; 94:e936. [PMID: 26061321 PMCID: PMC4616473 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000000936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Research information on the risk of stroke in patients with dialysis-dependent end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who have undergone parathyroidectomy (PTX) is scant. We used a nationwide health insurance claims database to select all patients with dialysis-dependent ESRD age 18 years and older for the study population. Of the patients with ESRD, we selected 1083 patients who had undergone PTX between 1998 and 2006 as the PTX group and frequency-matched 1083 patients with ESRD by sex, age, years since the disease diagnosis, and the year of undergoing PTX as the non-PTX group. We used a multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis to measure the risk of stroke for the PTX group compared with the non-PTX group after adjusting for sex, age, premium-based income, urbanization, and comorbidity. The mean follow-up periods were 6.08 and 5.38 years for the PTX and non-PTX groups, respectively. After adjusting for previously mentioned variables, significant risk reductions of stroke (adjusted hazard ratio = 0.57, 95% confidence interval = 0.41-0.79), particularly those of hemorrhagic stroke (adjusted hazard ratio = 0.34, 95% confidence interval = 0.20-0.57), with PTX were observed. Chronologically, the risk of stroke in the PTX group decreased in the second year after PTX and persisted for >3 years. PTX reduces the risk of stroke, particularly that of hemorrhagic stroke, in patients with dialysis-dependent ESRD. Other factors for risk reduction include sex (females), an age <65 years, and the presence of comorbidity.
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- Yueh-Han Hsu
- From the Department of Public Health and Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung City (Y-HH, S-CS, W-CT); Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi City (Y-HH); Department of Nursing, Min-Hwei Junior College of Health Care Management, Tainan City (Y-HH); Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City (H-JC); College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung City (H-JC); Department of Medical Affairs, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Chiayi (S-CS); Department of Health Services Administration, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science, Tainan (S-CS); Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County (C-CH); Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung City (C-CH); Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung City (C-HK); and Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City (C-HK), Taiwan
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Prineas RJ, Soliman EZ. Racial Differences in Incidence and Clinical Course of Atrial Fibrillation and What Remains to be Investigated. CURRENT CARDIOVASCULAR RISK REPORTS 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s12170-014-0433-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Morton RL, Schlackow I, Mihaylova B, Staplin ND, Gray A, Cass A. The impact of social disadvantage in moderate-to-severe chronic kidney disease: an equity-focused systematic review*. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2015; 31:46-56. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 11/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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It is unclear whether a social gradient in health outcomes exists for people with moderate-to-severe chronic kidney disease (CKD). We critically review the literature for evidence of social gradients in health and investigate the ‘suitability’ of statistical analyses in the primary studies. In this equity-focused systematic review among adults with moderate-to-severe CKD, factors of disadvantage included gender, race/ethnicity, religion, education, socio-economic status or social capital, occupation and place of residence. Outcomes included access to healthcare, kidney disease progression, cardiovascular events, all-cause mortality and suitability of analyses. Twenty-four studies in the pre-dialysis population and 34 in the dialysis population representing 8.9 million people from 10 countries were included. In methodologically suitable studies among pre-dialysis patients, a significant social gradient was observed in access to healthcare for those with no health insurance and no home ownership. Low income and no home ownership were associated with higher cardiovascular event rates and higher mortality [HR 1.94, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.27–2.98; HR 1.28, 95% CI 1.04–1.58], respectively. In methodologically suitable studies among dialysis patients, females, ethnic minorities, those with low education, no health insurance, low occupational level or no home ownership were significantly less likely to access cardiovascular healthcare than their more advantaged dialysis counterparts. Low education level and geographic remoteness were associated with higher cardiovascular event rates and higher mortality (HR 1.54, 95% CI 1.01–2.35; HR 1.21, 95% CI 1.08–1.37), respectively. Socially disadvantaged pre-dialysis and dialysis patients experience poorer access to specialist cardiovascular health services, and higher rates of cardiovascular events and mortality than their more advantaged counterparts.
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- Rachael Lisa Morton
- School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia in patients with kidney disease. The purpose of this review is to describe the burden of atrial fibrillation in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD), postulate possible mechanisms to explain this burden of disease, understand the clinical consequences of atrial fibrillation and review the treatment options for atrial fibrillation specific to patients with kidney disease. RECENT FINDINGS Recent literature has revealed that the clinical multiorgan impact of atrial fibrillation in patients with CKD and ESRD is substantial. Although novel oral anticoagulants to treat atrial fibrillation and prevent associated complications have been tested in large trials in the general population, there is a paucity of data on the efficacy and safety of these agents in patients with advanced CKD and ESRD. SUMMARY Atrial fibrillation is a significant comorbidity in patients with CKD and ESRD with important prognostic implications. More research is needed to understand the mechanisms that contribute to the disproportionate burden of this arrhythmia in patients with kidney disease and in to treatment options specific to this population of high-risk patients.
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Phadnis MA, Shireman TI, Wetmore JB, Rigler SK, Zhou X, Spertus JA, Ellerbeck EF, Mahnken JD. Estimation of Drug Effectiveness by Modeling Three Time-dependent Covariates: An Application to Data on Cardioprotective Medications in the Chronic Dialysis Population. Stat Biopharm Res 2014; 6:229-240. [PMID: 25343005 DOI: 10.1080/19466315.2014.920275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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In a population of chronic dialysis patients with an extensive burden of cardiovascular disease, estimation of the effectiveness of cardioprotective medication in literature is based on calculation of a hazard ratio comparing hazard of mortality for two groups (with or without drug exposure) measured at a single point in time or through the cumulative metric of proportion of days covered (PDC) on medication. Though both approaches can be modeled in a time-dependent manner using a Cox regression model, we propose a more complete time-dependent metric for evaluating cardioprotective medication efficacy. We consider that drug effectiveness is potentially the result of interactions between three time-dependent covariate measures, current drug usage status (ON versus OFF), proportion of cumulative exposure to drug at a given point in time, and the patient's switching behavior between taking and not taking the medication. We show that modeling of all three of these time-dependent measures illustrates more clearly how varying patterns of drug exposure affect drug effectiveness, which could remain obscured when modeled by the more standard single time-dependent covariate approaches. We propose that understanding the nature and directionality of these interactions will help the biopharmaceutical industry in better estimating drug efficacy.
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- Milind A Phadnis
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA ; The Landon Center on Aging, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA ; The Landon Center on Aging, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA ; University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA ; Department of Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
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Shah M, Avgil Tsadok M, Jackevicius CA, Essebag V, Eisenberg MJ, Rahme E, Humphries KH, Tu JV, Behlouli H, Guo H, Pilote L. Warfarin Use and the Risk for Stroke and Bleeding in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Dialysis. Circulation 2014; 129:1196-203. [DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.113.004777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Mitesh Shah
- From the Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology and General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.S., M.A.T., NE.R., H.B., L.P._; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA (C.A.J.); Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (V.E.); Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,
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- From the Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology and General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.S., M.A.T., NE.R., H.B., L.P._; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA (C.A.J.); Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (V.E.); Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,
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- From the Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology and General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.S., M.A.T., NE.R., H.B., L.P._; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA (C.A.J.); Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (V.E.); Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,
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- From the Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology and General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.S., M.A.T., NE.R., H.B., L.P._; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA (C.A.J.); Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (V.E.); Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,
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- From the Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology and General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.S., M.A.T., NE.R., H.B., L.P._; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA (C.A.J.); Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (V.E.); Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,
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- From the Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology and General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.S., M.A.T., NE.R., H.B., L.P._; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA (C.A.J.); Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (V.E.); Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,
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- From the Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology and General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.S., M.A.T., NE.R., H.B., L.P._; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA (C.A.J.); Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (V.E.); Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,
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- From the Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology and General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.S., M.A.T., NE.R., H.B., L.P._; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA (C.A.J.); Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (V.E.); Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,
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- From the Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology and General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.S., M.A.T., NE.R., H.B., L.P._; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA (C.A.J.); Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (V.E.); Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,
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- From the Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology and General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.S., M.A.T., NE.R., H.B., L.P._; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA (C.A.J.); Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (V.E.); Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,
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- From the Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology and General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.S., M.A.T., NE.R., H.B., L.P._; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA (C.A.J.); Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (V.E.); Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,
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Wetmore JB, Phadnis MA, Mahnken JD, Ellerbeck EF, Rigler SK, Zhou X, Shireman TI. Race, ethnicity, and state-by-state geographic variation in hemorrhagic stroke in dialysis patients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2014; 9:756-63. [PMID: 24458073 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.06980713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Geographic variation in stroke rates is well established in the general population, with higher rates in the South than in other areas of the United States. A similar pattern of geographic variation in ischemic strokes has also recently been reported in patients undergoing long-term dialysis, but whether this is also the case for hemorrhagic stroke is unknown. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Medicare claims from 2000 to 2005 were used to ascertain hemorrhagic stroke events in a large cohort of incident dialysis patients. A Poisson generalized linear mixed model was generated to determine factors associated with stroke and to ascertain state-by-state geographic variability in stroke rates by generating observed-to-expected (O/E) adjusted rate ratios (ARRs) for stroke. RESULTS A total of 265,685 Medicare-eligible incident dialysis patients were studied. During a median follow-up of 15.5 months, 2397 (0.9%) patients sustained a hemorrhagic stroke. African Americans (ARR, 1.43; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.30 to 1.57), Hispanics (ARR, 1.78; 95% CI, 1.57 to 2.03), and individuals of other races (ARR, 1.51; 95% CI, 1.26 to 1.80) had a significantly higher risk for hemorrhagic stroke compared with whites. In models adjusted for age and sex, four states had O/E ARRs for hemorrhagic stroke that were significantly greater than 1.0 (California, 1.15; Maryland, 1.25; North Carolina, 1.25; Texas, 1.19), while only 1 had an ARR less than 1.0 (Wisconsin, 0.79). However, after adjustment for race and ethnicity, no states had ARRs that varied significantly from 1.0. CONCLUSION Race and ethnicity, or other factors that covary with these, appear to explain a substantial portion of state-by-state geographic variation in hemorrhagic stroke. This finding suggests that the factors underlying the high rate of hemorrhagic strokes in dialysis patients are likely to be system-wide and that further investigations into regional variations in clinical practices are unlikely to identify large opportunities for preventive interventions for this disorder.
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- James B Wetmore
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension,, †The Kidney Institute,, ‡Department of Biostatistics,, §Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health,, ‖Department of Medicine, and, ¶The Landon Center on Aging, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas
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Wetmore JB, Ellerbeck EF, Mahnken JD, Phadnis MA, Rigler SK, Spertus JA, Zhou X, Mukhopadhyay P, Shireman TI. Stroke and the "stroke belt" in dialysis: contribution of patient characteristics to ischemic stroke rate and its geographic variation. J Am Soc Nephrol 2013; 24:2053-61. [PMID: 23990675 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2012111077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Geographic variation in stroke rates is well established in the general population, with higher rates in the South than in other areas of the United States. ESRD is a potent risk factor for stroke, but whether regional variations in stroke risk exist among dialysis patients is unknown. Medicare claims from 2000 to 2005 were used to ascertain ischemic stroke events in a large cohort of 265,685 incident dialysis patients. A Poisson generalized linear mixed model was generated to determine factors associated with stroke and to ascertain state-by-state geographic variability in stroke rates by generating observed-to-expected (O/E) adjusted rate ratios for stroke. Older age, female sex, African American race and Hispanic ethnicity, unemployed status, diabetes, hypertension, history of stroke, and permanent atrial fibrillation were positively associated with ischemic stroke, whereas body mass index >30 kg/m(2) was inversely associated with stroke (P<0.001 for each). After full multivariable adjustment, the three states with O/E rate ratios >1.0 were all in the South: North Carolina, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. Regional efforts to increase primary prevention in the "stroke belt" or to better educate dialysis patients on the signs of stroke so that they may promptly seek care may improve stroke care and outcomes in dialysis patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- James B Wetmore
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
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