Thromboembolic Risk of Cessation of Oral Anticoagulation Post Catheter Ablation in Patients With and Without Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence
| Autor: | Rong Wang, Mingjie Lin, Kai Zhang, Rina Sha, Jun-tao Wang, Li Hao, Wenqiang Han, Jing-quan Zhong, Tongshuai Chen, Bing Rong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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China medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Administration Oral Catheter ablation 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Logistic regression Risk Assessment 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Recurrence Risk Factors Thromboembolism Internal medicine Atrial Fibrillation Humans Medicine In patient Postoperative Period Registries 030212 general & internal medicine Stroke Oral anticoagulation Aged business.industry Incidence Confounding Anticoagulants Atrial fibrillation Ablation medicine.disease Catheter Ablation Cardiology Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Cardiology. 137:55-62 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9149 |
| Popis: | Cessation of oral anticoagulation (OAC) is common after the first 3 months of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF); however, thromboembolic risk has not been defined in patients with and without AF recurrence (RAF vs NRAF) post ablation. We identified 796 patients who discontinued OAC at 3 months post AF ablation from January 2015 to May 2018 in our center. Regular follow-up was performed to detect RAF, collect medication management and thromboembolic and major bleeding events. CHA2DS2-VASc score was 1.79 ± 1.50; 547 (68.7%) patients were at intermediate and high risk (i.e., CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥1 in male patients, or ≥2 in female patients); 169 (21.2%) were RAF. During 29.2±12.2 months follow-up, the incidence rate of thromboembolism was 1.62 per 100 patient-year (7 in 431 years) in RAF, 0.33 per 100 patient-year (5 in 1,503 years) in NRAF. After adjusting for potential confounding factors, RAF was associated with more 3.5-fold higher rate of thromboembolism compared with NRAF (adjusting HR, 4.488; 95% CI, 1.381 to 14.586). Rate of thromboembolism was even higher in patients with intermediate and high risk (2.16 per 100 patient-year [7 in 323 years] vs 0.38 per 100 patient-year [4 in 1,043 years], aHR, 5.807; 95% CI, 1.631 to 20.671). In multivariate logistic regression analysis, RAF was the only independent predictor of thromboembolism (4.837 [1.498 to 15.621], p = 0.008). In conclusion, cessation of OAC in NRAF may be reasonable, especially for patients with the contraindications for continuing OAC; however, cessation of OAC appeared unsafe in RAF with a high-risk stroke profile because of high incidence rate of thromboembolism. |
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