Abstract
Background
Recent reports have provided evidence that bridging therapy with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) may increase bleeding complications in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) on oral anticoagulation undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We sought to assess mid-term bleeding and thromboembolic events in patients from the AFCAS registry discharged on triple therapy (TT).
Methods
AFCAS is a multicenter, prospective registry enrolling patients with AF undergoing PCI. The primary endpoints were: 1) bleeding complications as defined by the bleeding academic research criteria (BARC); 2) a composite of cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) at 3 and 12 month follow-ups.
Results
Altogether 663 out of 929 consecutive patients were discharged on TT, either on oral vitamin K antagonist (VKA-TT) (n = 498) or bridging LMWH-TT (n = 165). Patients on LMWH-TT had more often diabetes, heart failure, and hypertension compared to those on VKA-TT. The rates of major bleeding events (BARC ≥ 3) (11.5% vs. 6.0%, p = 0.03) as well as MACCE (11.5% vs. 5.0%, p = 0.006) were higher in the LMWH-TT group compared to VKA-TT group at 3 months follow-up. In a Cox multivariate regression model and propensity-score matched analysis LMWH-TT increased the risk for major BARC bleeding events at 3 and 12 month follow-ups.
Conclusions
In this large, prospective, real-world population of patients with AF undergoing PCI patients discharged on LMWH-TT had a significantly higher risk for major bleeds in comparison to patients discharged on VKA-TT. LMWH-bridging therapy appeared harmful in this subset of patient on oral anticoagulation.
Recent reports have provided evidence that bridging therapy with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) may increase bleeding complications in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) on oral anticoagulation undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We sought to assess mid-term bleeding and thromboembolic events in patients from the AFCAS registry discharged on triple therapy (TT).
Methods
AFCAS is a multicenter, prospective registry enrolling patients with AF undergoing PCI. The primary endpoints were: 1) bleeding complications as defined by the bleeding academic research criteria (BARC); 2) a composite of cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) at 3 and 12 month follow-ups.
Results
Altogether 663 out of 929 consecutive patients were discharged on TT, either on oral vitamin K antagonist (VKA-TT) (n = 498) or bridging LMWH-TT (n = 165). Patients on LMWH-TT had more often diabetes, heart failure, and hypertension compared to those on VKA-TT. The rates of major bleeding events (BARC ≥ 3) (11.5% vs. 6.0%, p = 0.03) as well as MACCE (11.5% vs. 5.0%, p = 0.006) were higher in the LMWH-TT group compared to VKA-TT group at 3 months follow-up. In a Cox multivariate regression model and propensity-score matched analysis LMWH-TT increased the risk for major BARC bleeding events at 3 and 12 month follow-ups.
Conclusions
In this large, prospective, real-world population of patients with AF undergoing PCI patients discharged on LMWH-TT had a significantly higher risk for major bleeds in comparison to patients discharged on VKA-TT. LMWH-bridging therapy appeared harmful in this subset of patient on oral anticoagulation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 105-110 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | International Journal of Cardiology |
| Volume | 183 |
| Early online date | 27 Jan 2015 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Mar 2015 |
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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Journal of Cardiology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Journal of Cardiology, Vol 183, March 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.01.056. Eligibility for repository checked March 2015