ObjectiveTo evaluate the quality of warfarin anticoagulant therapy in patients with stable stage after mechanical valve replacement surgery, to observe the effect of compound salvia miltiorrhiza tablet on the anticoagulant effect of warfarin in patients after mechanical valve replacement, and to understand the impact of genetic polymorphisms of VKORC1, CYP2C9 and CYP4F2 on warfarin resistance in patients with mechanical valve replacement in the stable period.MethodsFrom July 2011 to February 2014, 1 831 patients who had ≥ 6 months after mechanical valve replacement surgery were enrolled at the outpatient follow-up. The basic clinical data were recorded. Anticoagulant therapy uses a target international normalized ratio（INR, 1.60–2.20) and a weekly warfarin dose adjustment strategy. Forty-six patients who needed compound salvia miltiorrhiza tablet were screened and the INR values. Before and after taking tablets were recorded and compared. The patients were divided into three groups according to the percentile of warfarin dosage including a warfarin sensitive patients group, a control patients group, and a warfarin resistance patients group. And 101 of them were selected. TIANGEN blood DNA Kit blood genomic DNA extraction kit was used to extract samples and polymerase chain restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RELP) was used to determine the genotypes of patients. The detected gene loci included CYP4F2: rs2108622C>T locus; VKORC1:1639G>A locus; VKORC1:1173C>T locus; CYP2C9*2: rs1799853C>T locus; CYP2C9*3:1061A>C locus.ResultsThe time in therapeutic range (TTR) and fraction of time in therapeutic range (FTTR) in the target INR range of the patients included in the study period was 27.2% and 49.4%, respectively, and the TTR and FTTR in the acceptable INR range was 34.25% and 63.36%, respectively. Before and after the addition of compound salvia miltiorrhiza tablets, the INR value was 1.55±0.03 and 1.69±0.30, respectively, and the difference was statistically different (P<0.05). A total of 101 patients with genetic testing, in which the C/T composition of the VKORC1: 1173C>T locus increased in the warfarin sensitivity, contrast and warfarin resistance patients, while the ratio of allelic loci of C/T in CYP2C9*3: 1061A>C loci decreased in turn. There was no difference in the CYP4F2 gene, VKORC1639 gene, and CYP2C9*2 locus. The IWPC model predicts that warfarin dose is only consistent with the actual warfarin dose in warfarin sensitive patients.ConclusionRelatively low TTR and FTTR are acceptable in patients with stable stage after mechanical valve replacement. It is beneficial to the patients with compound salvia miltiorrhiza tablets in terms of some appropriate patients. VKORC1: 1173C>T site and CYP2C9*3: 1061A>C site mutation is the main pharmacological gene factor of warfarin dose sensitivity and warfarin resistance in stable period after mechanical valve replacement. The IWPC dose prediction model is only consistent with the actual dose of warfarin sensitive patients.
ObjectivesTo systematically review the efficacy and safety of new oral anticoagulants (Apixaban, Rivaroxaban, or Dabigatran) after joint replacement.MethodsCNKI, WanFang Data, VIP, CBM, PubMed, EMbase and The Cochrane Library databases were electronically searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on new oral anticoagulants after joint replacement from inception to October, 2019. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed risk of bias of included studies, and then meta-analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.3 software.ResultsA total of 13 RCTs were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that compared to Enoxaparin, the new oral anticoagulant significantly reduced the incidence of asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis (DVT) (RR=0.60, 95%CI 0.46 to 0.78, P<0.000 1) and symptomatic DVT (RR=0.40, 95%CI 0.28 to 0.58, P<0.000 1), while the incidence of symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE) during treatment (RR=0.91, 95%CI 0.59 to 1.39, P=0.65) and mortality (RR=1.00, 95%CI 0.40 to 1.76, P=0.99) were not reduced. Major bleeding (RR=1.05, 95%CI 0.81 to 1.35, P=0.72) and clinically relevant non-major bleeding events (RR=0.99, 95%CI 0.73 to 1.33, P=0.94) with new oral anticoagulants were not statistically different from Enoxaparin.ConclusionsCurrent evidence shows that new oral anticoagulants can effectively reduce the incidence of DVT in patients after joint replacement without increasing the risk of adverse events such as bleeding. Due to limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high quality studies are required to verify the above conclusions.
ObjectiveTo summarize the effectiveness and safety of antiplatelet combined with anticoagulant therapy for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). MethodUsing the search strategy developed by Cochrane Collaborative Network, the relevant literature from domestic and foreign databases as of November 1, 2023 was searched and a meta-analysis of outcome indicators was conducted using Stata 14.0 software and Review Manager 5.4.1 software provided by Cochrane Collaboration Network. ResultsA total of 15 eligible literature and 15 383 patients were included, including 7 692 in the antiplatelet combined with anticoagulant therapy group (study group) and 7 691 in the control group (only antiplatelet drug therapy). The meta-analysis results showed that: ① Symptoms: The ankle brachial index [mean difference (MD) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI)=0.04(0.02, 0.06)] and the minimum lumen diameter [MD (95%CI)=0.48(0.40, 0.55)] of the study group were greater than those of the control group; The plasma D-2 dimer level of the study group was lower than that of the control group [MD (95%CI)=–0.55(–0.57, –0.52)], and the probability of the limb ischemia risk of the study group was lower than that of the control group [risk ratio (RR) and 95%CI=0.67(0.56, 0.80)]. ② Vascular patency: The probability of the vascular patency of the study group was higher than that of the control group [RR (95%CI)=1.13(1.08, 1.17)]; The subgroup analysis results: the vascular patency rate of the two antiplatelet drugs combined with anticoagulation therapy was highest among the different treatment regimens [effect size (ES) and 95%CI=0.90(0.86, 0.94)], which of the other measures in descending order was only one antiplatelet drug combined with anticoagulation therapy [ES(95%CI)=0.82(0.76, 0.89)], two antiplatelet drugs therapy [ES(95%CI)=0.79(0.72, 0.85)], and only one antiplatelet drug therapy [ES(95%CI)=0.71(0.54, 0.87)]; The probability of the vascular patency using vitamin K antagonists in the study group was higher than that in the control group [RR(95%CI)=1.15(1.10, 1.20)], which had no statistical difference using Ⅹa inhibitor between the study group and the control group [RR(95%CI)=1.04 (0.95, 1.15)]. ③ Bleeding risk: The risk of bleeding of the study group was higher than that of the control group [RR(95%CI)=1.55(1.27, 1.89)]; The subgroup analysis results: The bleeding rate of the only one antiplatelet drug therapy among the different intervention measures was the lowest [ES(95%CI)=0.02(0.01, 0.02)], which of the other measures in ascending order was only one antiplatelet drug combined with anticoagulant therapy [ES(95%CI)=0.04(0.03, 0.06)], two antiplatelet drugs therapy [ES(95%CI)= 0.08(0.06, 0.10)], and two antiplatelet drugs combined with anticoagulant [ES(95%CI)=0.12(0.06, 0.18)]; The probabilities of the bleeding occurring using the vitamin K antagonists and Ⅹa inhibitor in the study group were higher than those in the control group [RR(95%CI)=1.76(1.28, 2.42); RR(95%CI)=1.44(1.12, 1.84)]. ConclusionsFrom the results of this meta-analysis, it can be seen that the combination of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy can effectively improve symptoms of patients with PAD, increase vascular patency rate, but it has a certain risk of bleeding. The combination of only one antiplatelet drug combined with anticoagulant therapy might achieve an optimum clinical effect and lower bleeding risk.
Resuming oral anticoagulant (OAC) after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is still a dilemma to clinical decision. To date, no high-quality randomized controlled trials demonstrate the timing and mode of safely resuming OAC. In recent years, some moderate-quality researches have suggested that OAC resuming after ICH can decrease the incidence of thromboembolic events and long-term mortality, without significantly increasing the risk of ICH; it is safer to resuming OAC in patients with non-lobar ICH than in patients with lobar-ICH; new OACs are superior to vitamin K antagonists; patients with high thromboembolic risk should resume OAC 2 weeks or even earlier after ICH, otherwise, a time-window for optimal resumption is between 4-8 weeks; meanwhile, individual patient characteristics should be considered and blood pressure should be strictly controlled.
ObjectiveTo realize the application status and development trend of oral anticoagulant drugs used in respiratory diseases in 72 hospitals in 6 cities from the year 2013 to 2017.MethodsFrom January 2013 to December 2017, we randomly selected the electronic information from 10 working days per quarter in 6 cities including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenyang, and Zhengzhou, with 12 hospitals in each city, and summarized the information into the prescription database of the hospital prescription analysis project. Through the hospital information system, we screened out the information of outpatient prescriptions and inpatient medical records which used oral anticoagulants. The prescriptions with respiratory diseases related-diagnosis were selected as the research objects by manual screening. The application of oral anticoagulant drugs used in respiratory diseases was statistically analyzed by drug amount, prescription amount, prescribed daily dose (PDD), and defined daily dose (DDD).ResultsFrom 2013 to 2017, the number of warfarin sodium prescriptions was successively 4 769, 5 747, 7 549, 7 261, and 7 151, which had been always ranked the first in the five years, but decreased year by year since 2015. The proportion of warfarin sodium drug use amount decreased year by year from 32.52% in 2013 to 5.03% in 2017. The proportion of prescription and drug consumption sum of new oral anticoagulants increased year by year in the past five years. The PDD/DDD of warfarin sodium, dabigatran etexilate, rivaroxaban, and apixaban were 0.41, 0.73, 0.68, and 0.33, respectively. There were off lable use of new oral anticoagulants.ConclusionsWarfarin still dominates the proportion of oral anticoagulants prescribed in the 72 hospitals in the 6 cities in the five years. The clinicians have made a comprehensive judgment after fully considering the safety, effectiveness, and economy of drug use when formulating drug treatment programs.
Left ventricular thrombus (LVT) is a common complication of heart diseases such as myocardial infarction and heart failure. Vitamin K antagonist (VKA) is currently the main method for LVT, but its use requires frequent monitoring of coagulation indicators, which may lead to poor patient compliance. The novel oral anticoagulant (NOAC) is easy to administer and does not require monitoring of international normalized ratio or dietary restrictions. With the development of NOAC, the position of VKA for LVT may gradually be replaced in the future. This article provides a review of the comparative efficacy of NOAC and VKA for LVT in recent years, in order to provide new ideas for the clinical use of NOAC for LVT.
Atrial fibrillation is now the most frequent kind of adult arrhythmia in the world, with a prevalence rate at 2%-4%. In addition to the clinical symptoms of palpitation, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and decreased exercise tolerance, patients with atrial fibrillation have a 4 to 5 times higher risk of ischemic stroke than patients without atrial fibrillation, so anticoagulation therapy should be tailored to the CHA2DS2-VASc [congestive heart failure, hypertension, age≥75 years (doubled), diabetes mellitus, stroke (doubled)-vascular disease, age 65-74 years and sex category (female)] score. Oral anticoagulants not only prevent thrombosis, but also raise the risk of drug-related bleeding. This paper examines the assessment and mitigation of bleeding risk in atrial fibrillation and venous thromboembolism: A position paper from ESC/EHRA/AACA/APHRS, in order to provide readers with the most up-to-date research on anticoagulant bleeding risk management in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Traditional surgical aortic valve replacement is associated with a high risk of serious complications, especially in elderly patients with other preoperative diseases and unable to undergo thoracotomy. Therefore, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now the accepted standard treatment for patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis at elevated risk for conventional surgical valve replacement. Currently, guidelines propose the use of dual antiplatelet therapy for the prevention of thromboembolic events after TAVI in the patients without an indication for oral anticoagulation. While, this strategy is empiric and largely based on expert consensus extrapolated from the arena of percutaneous coronary intervention. Antithrombotic therapy is associated with a significant occurrence of both thrombotic and bleeding complications, thus, the balance between thrombotic and bleeding risk is critical. This review summarizes current guidelines and the evidence underpinning them and explores the rational for using antiplatelet and/or anticoagulant strategies after TAVI.
Blood pump is the core component of artificial ventricular assist device, and thrombosis is a severe complication of blood pump in clinical application. Methods of controlling and reducing thrombosis include materials surface modification, structure and parameters optimization of blood pump, and others. The typical symptoms of thrombosis and the hazard of various types of blood pump, the formation mechanism and primary factors for thrombosis, and the simulation prediction models for thrombosis were reviewed in this paper.
Objective To review current status of clinical application and research progress of different anticoagulants in perioperative period of free flap transplantation. Methods A comprehensive review of recent relevant literature was conducted, focusing on clinical research concerning the application of anticoagulants in the perioperative period of free flap transplantation. The administration route, timing, dosage selection, effectiveness, and safety of commonly used and novel anticoagulants were summarized. Results At present, the anticoagulants mainly used in the perioperative period of free flap transplantation include drugs for venous thrombosis prophylaxis, drugs for arterial thrombosis prophylaxis, and physical/colloidal anticoagulants, etc. The administration strategies can be classified into two major categories: single-agent anticoagulation and combined anticoagulation. Single-agent anticoagulation mainly includes unfractionated heparin, low-molecular-weight heparin, aspirin, and novel anticoagulants. Combined anticoagulation is commonly a synergistic anticoagulation regimen dominated by heparin drugs, combined with aspirin, different antiplatelet drugs, and expansion agents. Studies indicate that perioperative anticoagulant administration can effectively reduce the risk of thrombosis in free flaps and improve the overall flap survival rate. However, significant differences exist in the impact of drug types, administration routes, initiation timing, and dosage intensity on efficacy and bleeding risk. A unified, standardized application protocol has not yet been established. In addition, there has been a growing number of studies on novel anticoagulant drugs. However, their superiority and optimal application strategies in the field of free flap transplantation still necessitate more high-quality evidence. Conclusion Perioperative anticoagulation therapy represents one of the key strategies for improving the survival rate of free flaps. However, there is still a lack of high-level evidence to establish a standard protocol. Future research should focus on the optimization of individualized anticoagulation strategies, the validation of the effectiveness of new anticoagulants, and the exploration of the advantages of different anticoagulation strategies. At the same time, attention should be paid to balancing anticoagulation and bleeding risks to promote the standardization of clinical practice and the improvement of treatment safety.