Abstract 17358: Stenting of Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis Does Not Prevent Congestive Heart Failure, an Analysis of the Coral Trial

Introduction: In current guidelines congestive heart failure (CHF) is an indication for renal artery stenting, however there is no data on the utility of stenting for the prevention of CHF. We sought to determine the effect of renal artery stenting in patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) without a history of CHF. Hypothesis: In ARAS renal artery stenting does not prevent incident CHF in patients with no history of CHF. Design and method: The Cardiovascular Outcomes in Renal Atherosclerotic Lesions (CORAL) trial is a prospective, international, multicenter clinical trial that randomized participants with ARAS, who received optimal medical therapy plus stenting versus no stenting. Optimal medical therapy included treating blood pressure and diabetes to goal, use of an angiotensin receptor-blocking drug, statin, and anti-platelet therapy. Glomerular filtration (eGFR) was estimated using the MDRD-GFR equation. Patients were followed for a median of 43 months (IQR, 31 to 55). Results: At enrollment, there were 795 out of 931 patients without a history of CHF, 395 were in the medical therapy group and 400 were in the medical therapy plus stenting group. In this group 117/795 had global renal ischemia. The rate of CHF admission (7% vs. 6%. p=0.74) and the pulmonary edema rate within those admitted for CHF were not different (82% vs. 64%, p=0.21). The rate of incident CHF was not different in patients with global renal ischemia and renal stenting did not prevent CHF events in this subgroup. Neither the composite event rate (35% vs. 34%, p=0.72), nor the rate of cardiovascular death (8% vs. 8%, p=0.96) differed between the two groups. At 3-year follow-up no differences were observed between medical therapy and medical therapy plus stenting for systolic blood pressure (SBP) (135±19 vs. 134±21 mmHg, p=0.74) or eGFR (56±22 vs. 55±23 ml/min, p=0.50). Conclusions: Renal artery stenting and optimal medical therapy, when compared to optimal medical therapy only, did not reduce the risk of CHF, or other cardio-renal events in patients that were enrolled without history of CHF in the CORAL trial.