Prognostic value of myocardial perfusion imaging for cardiovascular events among asymptomatic Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes and mild renal dysfunction

Background Diabetes is frequently accompanied by chronic kidney disease, and both diabetes and chronic kidney disease are risk factors for ischemic heart disease; however, cardiac risk among diabetic patients with mild renal dysfunction has not been analyzed in detail. The present study investigates how myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) contributes to the risk stratification of diabetic patients with mild renal dysfunction who are asymptomatic for cardiac diseases. Patients and methods Among 513 asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes in the Japanese Assessment of Cardiac Events and Survival Study 2 (J-ACCESS) database, we selected 286 with estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFR) of at least 45 ml/min/1.73 m(2) and assigned them to groups on the basis of eGFR of at least 60 without (group A, n=66) or with microalbuminuria or eGFR 45 to less than 60 (group B, n=220). The 3-year incidence of cardiac events and the value of MPI were evaluated. Results Cardiac events developed in 1.52 and 4.55% of patients in groups A and B, respectively. Event-free survival did not differ according to summed stress scores in group A but was significantly lower among patients with summed stress scores of at least 9 in group B. Conclusion Routine MPI might be useful for stratifying risk among diabetic patients with mild renal dysfunction but is unnecessary for those with good renal function. Nucl Med Commun 34: 328-332 (C) 2013 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.