On Friday 29 November at 12:30, Jonathan Nørtoft Dahl defends his PhD dissertation entitled "Coronary artery disease in severe chronic kidney disease - To CT or not to see".

The PhD project analyzed data from three historical patient cohorts in Western Denmark (2008-2021), with the majority of studies focusing on potential kidney transplant candidates. The findings reveal that patients with reduced kidney function show increased signs of adverse CAD characteristics, including high-risk plaques, higher burdens of calcified and non-calcified plaque, and impaired coronary flow which elevate the likelihood of heart attacks and other cardiac events. The project also indicated a low usage of systemic medical therapy among patients with reduced kidney function, despite the increased risk of cardiac events among these patients.  This research suggests that by leveraging CCTA, healthcare providers may better evaluate and address heart disease risk in CKD patients, especially in those being evaluated for kidney transplantation. Furthermore, it underscores the heightened cardiac risk in patients with reduced kidney function, and the need for optimizing and developing systemic preventive therapy in such patients.

The summary is written by the PhD student. 

The defence is public and takes place in Auditorium AULA, Gødstrup Hospital, Hospitalsparken 15, Herning. Please see the press release for more information. 

Contact

PhD student Jonathan Nørtoft Dahl
Mail: jonadh@clin.au.dk 
Phone: 29888159

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