In May 2017, a 73-year-old male patient developed breathlessness. His echocardiography study showed global hypokinesia and ejection fraction of 45%. Cardiac angiogram was done and was started on aspirin. His creatinine increased from 1.7 mg/dl to 9.6 mg/dl. He was started on hemodialysis. He was diagnosed as having AERD by renal biopsy.
A 63-year-old male patient, a known diabetic and hypertensive, underwent kidney biopsy in December 2017 for renal failure of unknown cause with serum creatinine of 2.1 mg/dl and was found to have AERD. He underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on 26th January 2018.