Incidence of atherosclerotic arterial occlusive accidents in predialysis and dialysis patients: a multicentric study in the Ile de France district

Abstract

Incidence of atherosclerotic CV accidents is nearly three times higher in uraemic patients than in the general population in the same age range in both genders. The fact that incidence and age at onset of first MI was similar in predialysis and in dialysed patients suggests that the uraemic state per se is a main determinant of such accelerated atherosclerosis.