Author:
Hadimeri H,Lamm C,Nyberg G
Abstract
Patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) have an increased risk of intracranial aneurysms. Reports on arterial aneurysms in other locations have not been conclusive. The present study was initiated to investigate the prevalence of coronary aneurysms. Thirty ADPKD patients who had undergone coronary angiography on clinical indication were identified, 15 after renal transplantation. For each ADPKD patient, a control patient was identified with end-stage renal disease, investigated by coronary angiography, and matched for age, sex, and time relation to transplantation. All angiograms were retrieved and reevaluated with respect to aneurysms, defined as an increase in artery diameter by 50% or more, as well as to pathologic ectasias not fulfilling this criterion. Aneurysms were detected in four ADPKD patients and two control subjects. Five more ADPKD patients, but none of the control subjects, had minor ectasias. One ADPKD patient had a dissecting aortic aneurysm, and another died of aortic dissection during bypass surgery. This study adds to the evidence of an increased risk of extracranial aneurysms in ADPKD patients.
Publisher
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Subject
Nephrology,General Medicine
Cited by
26 articles.
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