DOI: 10.21276/sasjm.2018.4.6.2

Pages: 82-85

To study the incidence of cardiac valvular calcification and its associated factors in chronic kidney disease. 153 subjects (78 chronic kidney disease patients, 75 controls with age and sex matched) attending ESIC Hospital, Chennai were utilized for the current study. Patients of stages 3 to 5 with matched controls of age and sex were considered for this study. Cases were classified in to different stages of chronic kidney disease based on estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate which was calculated using Cockcroft-Gault equation using age, body weight, and serum creatinine. Echocardiogram was done for the patient with chronic kidney disease to assess cardiac valvular calcification. 51% of the subjects in the study group were detected as having chronic kidney disease in ultrasonogram. 20% of the patients in the study group were having coronary artery disease compared to 4% in the control group. Cardiac valvular calcification and coronary artery disease are associated with higher incidence in chronic kidney diseases.