Determinants of renal function in patients with renal artery stenosis

Authors

Haifeng Yu
Dong Zhang
Steven Haller
Khalil Kanjwal
William Colyer
Pamela Brewster
Michael Steffes
Joseph I. Shapiro MD, Marshall UniversityFollow
Christopher J. Cooper

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Abstract

Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is an important cause of renal failure; however, the factors associated with loss of kidney function in patients with RAS are poorly described, as are the predictors of an improvement in kidney function after stenting. One hundred patients at seven centers undergoing renal stenting were randomly assigned to an embolic protection device or double-blind use of a platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor. The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was measured using the creatinine-derived modified Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation, cystatin C, and iohexol clearance. In univariate and multivariate models, baseline MDRD and cystatin C GFR were associated with congestive heart failure (CHF) (p = 0.01), lesion length (p = 0.01), and percent stenosis (-0.27, p = 0.01). In multivariate models, MDRD-estimated GFR 1 month after stenting was associated with bilateral stenosis (p < 0.05) and lesion length (p < 0.05), whereas with cystatin C the multivariate model included angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) (p < 0.05) and minimal luminal diameter (MLD) (p < 0.05). The improvement in GFR from baseline to 1 month, measured as percent change, was related to baseline MDRD (p = 0.009) and cystatin C (p = 0.03) GFR. For MDRD GFR combined treatment with abciximab and Angioguard(®) embolic protection (p = 0.02) remained significant in multivariate analysis as did CHF, which was also significant with cystatin C (p = 0.05). In conclusion, CHF and lesion characteristics (MLD, percent stenosis and lesion length) are determinants of renal function in patients with RAS. In contrast, the acute improvement in renal function after revascularization is most strongly influenced by baseline GFR, and to a lesser degree CHF and combined procedural treatment with abciximab and embolic protection but not lesion characteristics.

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doi: 10.1177/1358863X11419998

Recommended Citation

Yu H, Zhang D, Haller S, Kanjwal K, Colyer W, Brewster P, Steffes M, Shapiro JI, Cooper CJ. Determinants of renal function in patients with renal artery stenosis. Vascular Medicine 16(5) 331–338.