Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis is prevalent in cardiorenal patients but not associated with left ventricular function and myocardial fibrosis as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Research Article

Hans L Hillege¹  Pieter AFM Doevendans²  Maarten J Cramer²  Yves GCJ America³  Mireille E Emans⁴  Carlo AJM Gaillard⁵  Karien van der Putten⁶  Louis Meiss⁷  Birgitta K Velthuis⁸  Jan JJ de Vries⁹  Branko Braam^1,10 

[1] Department of Cardiology, UMC Groningen, University of Groningen, UMC Groningen, The Netherlands;Department of Cardiology, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands;Department of Cardiology, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands;Department of Cardiology, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands;Department of Cardiology, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands;Department of Internal Medicine, Meander MC Amersfoort, The Netherlands;Department of Internal Medicine, Meander MC Amersfoort, The Netherlands;Department of Nephrology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands;Department of Internal Medicine, Meander MC Amersfoort, The Netherlands;Department of Radiology, Meander MC Amersfoort, The Netherlands;Department of Radiology, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands;Department of Radiology, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands;Department of Radiology, Meander MC Amersfoort, The Netherlands;Department of medicine, division of Nephrology and Immunology and department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada;

关键词: Cardiorenal failure;    Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis;    Magnetic resonance imaging;    Late gadolinium enhancement;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2261-12-76

 received in 2012-04-23, accepted in 2012-09-04,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAtherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) is common in cardiovascular diseases and associated with hypertension, renal dysfunction and/or heart failure. There is a paucity of data about the prevalence and the role of ARAS in the pathophysiology of combined chronic heart failure (CHF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). We investigated the prevalence in patients with combined CHF/CKD and its association with renal function, cardiac dysfunction and the presence and extent of myocardial fibrosis.MethodsThe EPOCARES study (ClinTrialsNCT00356733) investigates the role of erythropoietin in anaemic patients with combined CHF/CKD. Eligible subjects underwent combined cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI), including late gadolinium enhancement, with magnetic resonance angiography of the renal arteries (MRA).ResultsMR study was performed in 37 patients (median age 74 years, eGFR 37.4 ± 15.6 ml/min, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 43.3 ± 11.2%), of which 21 (56.8%) had ARAS (defined as stenosis >50%). Of these 21 subjects, 8 (21.6%) had more severe ARAS >70% and 8 (21.6%) had a bilateral ARAS >50% (or previous bilateral PTA). There were no differences in age, NT-proBNP levels and medication profile between patients with ARAS versus those without. Renal function declined with the severity of ARAS (p = 0.03), although this was not significantly different between patients with ARAS versus those without. Diabetes mellitus was more prevalent in patients without ARAS (56.3%) against those with ARAS (23.8%) (p = 0.04). The presence and extent of late gadolinium enhancement, depicting myocardial fibrosis, did not differ (p = 0.80), nor did end diastolic volume (p = 0.60), left ventricular mass index (p = 0.11) or LVEF (p = 0.15). Neither was there a difference in the presence of an ischemic pattern of late enhancement in patients with ARAS versus those without.ConclusionsARAS is prevalent in combined CHF/CKD and its severity is associated with a decline in renal function. However, its presence does not correlate with a worse LVEF, a higher left ventricular mass or with the presence and extent of myocardial fibrosis. Further research is required for the role of ARAS in the pathophysiology of combined chronic heart and renal failure.

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