Left Atrial Volume and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Unselected Patients with and without CKD

Leia Hee; T. Nguyen; Melinda Whatmough; Joseph Descallar; Jack Chen; Shruti Kapila; J. French; Liza Thomas

doi:10.2215/cjn.06700613

June 13, 2014Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Left Atrial Volume and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Unselected Patients with and without CKD

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Why the study?

Does left atrial volume index predict adverse cardiovascular outcomes in unselected patients with and without CKD?

Structured PICO

Does left atrial volume index predict adverse cardiovascular outcomes in unselected patients with and without CKD?

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Population

289 unselected consecutive patients who had a transthoracic echocardiogram between January and June 2003, including patients with stage 3 or 4 CKD (n=49) and those with eGFR≥60 ml/min per 1.73 m2 (n=240).

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Outcome

Composite of cardiac death, myocardial infarction, and congestive cardiac failurecomposite

Left atrial volume index is an independent predictor of adverse cardiovascular events in unselected patients, including those with chronic kidney disease.

Implication

Larger LAVI may refine risk assessment in unselected patients with or without CKD; leaves open its incremental value for guiding care.

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Hee et al. (2014) studied this question.

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Left Atrial Volume and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Unselected Patients with and without CKD

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Left Atrial Volume and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Unselected Patients with and without CKD

Structured PICO

Implication

Discussion

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