Journal
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Volume 2, Issue 6, Pages 1122-1131Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2017.07.001
Keywords
cardiac arrhythmias; cardiovascular disease; chronic kidney disease; hyperkalemia; hypokalemia; sudden death
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- National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health [P30DK096493, 5K23DK098281]
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Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have increased risks of sudden cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death (SCA/SCD) that are not explained by traditional risk factors. We examined associations between serum potassium and SCA/SCD in a large cohort of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and moderate CKD. Methods: Among 22,009 patients who underwent cardiac catheterization at our institution between 1999 and 2011, 6181 patients had an estimated glomerular filtration rate of # 60 ml/min per 1.73m2 and were not receiving renal replacement therapy. The risk of SCA/SCD and all-cause mortality associated with potassium concentration was evaluated at the time of cardiac catheterization (baseline) and most proximate to SCA/SCD events. Covariate-adjusted Cox models were used to examine relationships between baseline potassium measurements and outcomes. A propensity score-matched, case-control design was used to assess risk associations of potassium measurements obtained proximate to SCA events. Results: In the baseline potassium analysis, compared with levels in the normal range, there was no significant risk association between hyperkalemia (> 5 mEq/l) or hypokalemia (< 3.5 mEq/l) and SCA/SCD or all-cause death after covariate adjustment. In the proximate potassium analysis, hyperkalemia occurred more frequently than hypokalemia (16.7% vs. 3%), and was associated with a doubling in SCA/SCD risk (adjusted odd ratio: 2.37; 95% confidence interval: 1.33-4.23) whereas there was no significant relationship between hypokalemia and outcome. Discussion: Among CKD patients with significant CAD, elevated serum potassium levels > 5.0 mEq/l are common and are associated with an increased short-term risk of SCA/SCD. Early detection and treatment of hyperkalemia may reduce the high risk of SCD among CKD patients.
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