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生まれながらの心疾患を持つ成人の腎機能不全の流行,予測要因,および予後値
Konstantinos Dimopoulos1, Gerhard-Paul Diller, Evdokia Koltsida
1Adult Congenital Heart Centre, Royal Brompton Hospital & National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, London SW3 6NP, United Kingdom.
Circulation
|April 30, 2008
まとめ
腎機能不全は,成人先天性心疾患患者の間で一般的であり,中等から重度の障害を持つ11人に1人に影響する. この腎機能障害は,死亡リスクを3倍に大幅に増加させます.
科学分野:
- 心臓病学 心臓病学
- ネフロロジーは腎臓科です.
- 生まれながらの心臓病 生まれながらの心臓病
背景:
- 腎不全は,缺血性心臓病と心不全の悪い結果と関連しています.
- 成人の先天性心疾患 (ACHD) の腎機能障害の罹患率と影響は,まだ十分に研究されていない.
研究 の 目的:
- ACHD患者における腎機能障害の有病率を決定する.
- 腎機能障害と患者のアウトカム,特に死亡率との関係を調査する.
主な方法:
- 1102人のACHD患者に対して,腎臓疾患における食事の変化 (MDRD) 方程式を用いて,推定グローメルーラ濾過率 (eGFR) を計算した.
- 患者は,eGFRに基づいて正常,軽度,中度/重度の腎機能不全グループに分類されました.
- コックス回帰を用いて生存率を分析し,混同因子と傾向スコアを調整した.
主要な成果:
- ACHD患者の41%は軽度の腎機能不全があり,9%は中度から重度の腎機能不全でした.
- 減少したeGFRは,アイゼンメンガー生理学の患者 (72% vs. 他者) で有意により一般的であった.
- 中度/重度の腎機能不全は,死亡率の3倍増加 (HR 3.25) と関連していました.
結論:
- 腎機能不全は,心臓の問題を超えて広がる,ACHDにおける重要な共病です.
- ACHD患者の約11人に1人は,中度から重度のGFR減少を経験し,実質的に高い死亡リスクに直面しています.
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