P168 Non-bacterial endocarditis in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome treated with direct oral anticoagulants
| Autor: | M Cespon Fernandez, E Lopez Rodriguez, G. Pradas Montilla, J.J. Legarra Calderón, J J Fernandez Martin, F Calvo Iglesias, I Munoz Pousa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 21 |
| ISSN: | 2047-2412 2047-2404 |
| Popis: | Introduction Primary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a hypercoagulability state of autoimmune origin. Vitamin K- antagonists remain the mainstay therapy though the difficulties in maintaining target therapeutic range contributed to prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (ACOD). A recent randomized trial reported an excess in thromboembolic events in patients under rivaroxaban therapy compared with warfarin. Purpose Description of two cases of Libman-Sacks endocarditis in APS patients on therapy with rivaroxaban due to poor control with coumadin. Methods and results. Case 1 is a 47-year-old woman and case 2 a 69-yo man with APS with high antibody titers of 3 classes and previous thrombotic events (pulmonary embolism in case 1 and acute coronary syndrome in case 2). In both cases, coumadin was switched to rivaroxaban because of poor control. During follow-up the diagnosis of blood culture-negative endocarditis was stablished in both cases. Echo examinations in case 1 revealed a 12 mm mobile vegetation in the ventricular face of the non-coronary aortic cusp, which resolved after 2 months high-dose warfarin therapy. Case 2 was admitted to hospital because of heart failure. TTE and TOE revealed a 26 mm mass attached to the atrial face of posterior mitral leaflet and moderate mitral regurgitation. He underwent mitral valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis and the final pathologic diagnosis was Libman-Sacks endocarditis. Conclusions Libman-Sacks endocarditis as a thrombotic feature of high-risk APS patients can occur under rivaroxaban therapy. In one of our 2 cases, high-dose coumadin therapy resolved this complication Abstract P168 Figure. Cases |
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