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Table 1 Demographic details of Aortic Stenosis and haemodialysis patients

From: Defining myocardial fibrosis in haemodialysis patients with non-contrast cardiac magnetic resonance

Variable

Aortic Stenosis patients (areas of discrete signal increase on native T1)

(n = 25)

Haemodialysis patients areas of discrete signal increase on native T1)

(n = 25)

Haemodialysis patients (no areas of discrete signal increase on native T1)

(n = 19)

Age (years)

66.9 ± 13.7

58.1 ± 16.5

49.9 ± 16.9

Male (n, %)

18 (72)

18 (72)

16 (84)

BMI (kg/m2)

29.4 ± 4.4

27.8 ± 6.8

27.9 ± 6.4

Dialysis Vintage (months)

–

35.4 ± 25.8

26.9 ± 21.6

Haemoglobin (g/L)

14.5 ± 1.2

11.4 ± 1.6

10.4 ± 1.6

HbA1c (%)

5.9 ± 0.9

5.4 ± 1.8

5.4 ± 0.6

SBP (mmHg)

158.8 ± 21.4

152.6 ± 22.5

127.6 ± 25.8

DBP (mmHg)

78.3 ± 9.6

79.5 ± 10.5

72.5 ± 19.1

HR (bpm)

70.1 ± 10

72.8 ± 12.5

78.1 ± 11.1

Past medical and drug history

 Hypertension (n, %)

18 (72)

21 (84)

11 (58)

 Diabetes (n, %)

4 (16)

7 (28)

4 (21)

 CAD (n, %)

11 (44)

9 (36)

4 (21)

 Prev MI (n, %)

3 (12)

5 (20)

1 (5)

 ACEi (n, %)

7 (28)

2 (8)

1 (5)

 ARB (n, %)

4 (16)

3 (12)

1 (5)

 Diuretic (n, %)

7 (28)

3 (12)

4 (21)

 Beta Blocker (n, %)

10 (40)

12 (48)

6 (32)

 Statin (n, %)

17 (68)

14 (56)

5 (26)

 Calcium Channel Blocker (n, %)

11 (44)

11 (44)

5 (26)

 Number of antihypertensives

1.6 ± 1.2

1.4 ± 0.9

1.3 ± 1.1

Left Ventricular mass and volumes (CMR)

 LVEDV (ml)

190.3 ± 43.4

198.8 ± 54.3

160.1 ± 48

 LVEF (%)

56.5 ± 6.5

52.2 ± 6.4

50.5 ± 6.2

 LVM (g)

135.4 ± 42.4

116.1 ± 29.4

104.1 ± 45.3

 LVM/LVEDV (g/ml)

0.71 ± 0.1

0.59 ± 0.1

0.62 ± 0.1

  1. Mean values with standard deviation expressed as n ± SD. N, % = Chi-squared. bpm, beats per minute; ACEi angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker, CAD coronary artery disease, CMR cardiac MRI, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HR heart rate, HTN hypertension, LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LVMi left ventricular mass index, MI myocardial infarction, SBP systolic blood pressure