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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES
Volume 36, Issue 4, Pages 820-825Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2000.17676
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acute myocardial infarction (AMI); dialysis; incidence
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Mortality from cardiovascular disease is high in chronic dialysis patients. We observed the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the chronic dialysis population in Okinawa, Japan. A total of 3,741 chronic dialysis patients (2,073 men, 1,668 women) were followed up for In years from April 1, 1988, to March 31, 1998. Only definite cases of AMI were registered. Data were compared with AMI registry data obtained from the general population of the same district. The total duration of observation was 15,748.8 patient-years. During the study period, 61 patients (40 men, 21 women) had AMI. The incidence of AMI was 3.9/1,000 patient-years (men, 4.4/1,000 patient-years; women, 3.1/1,000 patient-years). Twenty-four percent of the AMI cases occurred at 12 months after starting dialysis therapy. Mean age at onset of AMI was 60.9 +/- 11.4 (SD) years; 58.9 +/- 11.4 years in men and 64.7 +/- 10.7 years In women. Survival rates after AMI were 50.8% at 1 month, 45.0% at 6 months, 36.5% at 12 months, and 13.0% at 44 months. Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) had a greater incidence of AMI and a worse prognosis than patients without DM. The long-term prognosis of AMI was poor in chronic dialysis patients. (C) 2000 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc.
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