Key result
Continuous ambulatory cardiac monitoring in patients with diabetes and moderate to severe CKD detected a high rate of cardiac arrhythmias, at 88.8 episodes per person-year (95% CI, 27.1-184.6).
Why the study?
Cardiac arrhythmias increase morbidity and mortality in CKD, but the rates of subclinical arrhythmias in patients with type 2 diabetes and moderate to severe non-dialysis CKD required evaluation.
Population
38 patients with type 2 diabetes and moderate to severe CKD not on dialysis
Design
Prospective observational study
Follow-up
11.2±3.9 days
Authors
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May support arrhythmia surveillance in diabetes with CKD; hypothesis-generating for outcome impact.
Observational (n=38)
Subclinical cardiac rhythm abnormalities, particularly asymptomatic atrial fibrillation, are highly prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes and moderate to severe CKD not on dialysis.
Akoum et al. (2019) conducted an observational in Type 2 diabetes and moderate to severe CKD not on dialysis (n=38). Continuous ambulatory cardiac monitoring was evaluated on Rate of any cardiac arrhythmia (95% CI 27.1 to 184.6). Continuous ambulatory cardiac monitoring in patients with diabetes and moderate to severe CKD detected a high rate of cardiac arrhythmias, at 88.8 episodes per person-year (95% CI, 27.1-184.6).
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