Impact of periprocedural anticoagulation therapy on the incidence of silent stroke after atrial fibrillation ablation in patients receiving direct oral anticoagulants : uninterrupted vs. interrupted by one dose strategy

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AIMS: Data on the comparison between uninterrupted and interrupted by one dose strategies for direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) use during the periprocedural period of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation are scarce. The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of uninterrupted DOAC strategy by evaluating the incidence of silent stroke (SS) and perioperative trends in coagulation markers compared with the interrupted strategy.

METHODS AND RESULTS: We randomly divided 200 consecutive patients receiving DOACs, who underwent AF ablation into uninterrupted group (UG = 100) and interrupted by one dose group (IG = 100). The rate of SS confirmed by post-operative magnetic resonance imaging and periprocedural trends in coagulation markers was investigated. A significant difference in SS incidence was found between the UG and IG (UG 4%, IG 17%, P < 0.005), although there were no differences in the rate of complications including bleeding and symptomatic thrombo-embolic events between the two groups. Intraoperative cardioversion [odds ratio (OR) 7.27, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.76-30.0; P < 0.01] and the length of procedure time (OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.01-1.05; P < 0.05) independently predicted the occurrence of SS in the IG. A significant increase in prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 (PF1 + 2) values was observed in the IG compared with the UG on the operative and first post-operative days.

CONCLUSION: Silent stroke incidence in the IG was significantly higher than that in the UG; this seems to be supported by the difference in PF1 + 2 values between the UG and IG. Intraoperative cardioversion and procedure time predicted the occurrence of SS in the IG.

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CommentIn: Europace. 2019 Apr 1;21(4):531-532. - PMID 30496402

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology - 21(2019), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 590-597

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nagao, Tomoyuki [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Hitomi [VerfasserIn]
Matsunaga, Syun [VerfasserIn]
Nishikawa, Yoshinori [VerfasserIn]
Harada, Kazuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Mamiya, Kumiko [VerfasserIn]
Shinoda, Norihiro [VerfasserIn]
Harada, Ken [VerfasserIn]
Kato, Masataka [VerfasserIn]
Marui, Nobuyuki [VerfasserIn]
Amano, Tetsuya [VerfasserIn]
Inden, Yasuya [VerfasserIn]
Murohara, Toyoaki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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9001-26-7
9NDF7JZ4M3
Apixaban
Atrial fibrillation
Brain magnetic resonance imaging
Catheter ablation
Direct oral anticoagulant
Edoxaban
Factor Xa Inhibitors
Journal Article
NDU3J18APO
Peptide Fragments
Prothrombin
Prothrombin fragment 1.2
Pyrazoles
Pyridines
Pyridones
Randomized Controlled Trial
Rivaroxaban
Silent stroke
Thiazoles

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Date Completed 05.10.2020

Date Revised 05.10.2020

published: Print

CommentIn: Europace. 2019 Apr 1;21(4):531-532. - PMID 30496402

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/europace/euy224

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM29009741X