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August 4, 2016Journal of the Formosan Medical Association11 citationsOpen Access

Severe aortic arch calcification predicts mortality in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis

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Why the study?

Does severe aortic arch calcification detected by chest X-ray predict mortality in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis?

Population

190 patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD), mean age 52.6 ± 14.3 years

Comparison

Presence of severe aortic arch calcification… vs Absence or mild aortic arch calcification

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

mean 55.1 ± 32.1 months

Authors

CWChing‐Fang WuYLYee-Fan LeeWLWen‐Jeng Lee

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Overview

Severe AoAC on CXR was associated with mortality in PD; leaves open incremental prognostic value beyond standard factors.

Structured PICO

Does severe aortic arch calcification detected by chest X-ray predict mortality in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis?

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Population
190 patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD), mean age 52.6 ± 14.3 years
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Intervention
Presence of severe aortic arch calcification (AoAC) detected by chest X-ray (Grades 2 and 3)
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Comparator
Absence or mild aortic arch calcification (Grades 0 and 1)
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Outcome
All-cause mortality and cardiovascular-related mortalityhard clinical

Severe aortic arch calcification detected on routine chest X-ray is an independent predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis.

Cite This Study

Wu et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fc1bb35aa2c282ce1198dhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2016.06.006
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