Mitral and aortic valve calcification in end stage renal disease patients

Background: scarce local studies have been conducted to find out burden of mitral valve calcification and aortic valve calcification in patients infected with end stage renal disease in our population. aim: to evaluate the frequency of mitral valve calcification and aortic valve calcification is esrd pts. methods: in a cross-sectional survey conducted at department of cardiology,jinnah hospital,lahore. one hundred and forty male and female patients of end stage kidney disease for more than 3 months on maintenance hemodialysis were selected. demographic profile was recorded including age,gender and duration of esrd. the presence of mitral or aortic valvular calcification was checked by echocardiography. data was analyzed using spss. results: one hundred and forty patients with mean age of 39.24±11.310 years were included. 89 patients (63.6%) were male and 51 patients (36.4%) were female. among 140 patients 43 (30.7%) were having mitral valve calcification while 44 patients (31.4%) had aortic valve calcification. gender and duration of esrd was equally distributed across both groups i.e. with and without calcifications. age was significantly associated with presence of aortic and mitral valve calcification. conclusion: it is concluded that the frequency of aortic and mitral valve calcification is quite high in end stage renal disease. preventive measures need to be implemented in already sick population.