Dual Pathway Inhibition for Vascular Protection in Patients with Atherosclerotic Disease : Rationale and Review of the Evidence

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York..

Despite advances in secondary prevention strategies in patients with cardiovascular disease, the residual risk of recurrent atherothrombotic events remains high. Dual-antiplatelet therapy is the standard of care for secondary prevention in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), whereas single antiplatelet therapy, generally with aspirin, is the standard of care for secondary prevention in stable patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), peripheral artery disease (PAD), or cerebrovascular disease. However, atherosclerotic plaque disruption not only triggers platelet activation but also results in thrombin generation because of tissue factor exposure. Therefore, blocking both pathways by combining antiplatelet therapy with an anticoagulant, or dual pathway inhibition (DPI), has the potential to be more effective than inhibiting either pathway alone. The benefit of DPI has been demonstrated in the ATLAS ACS 2-TIMI 51, COMPASS, and VOYAGER PAD trials, where the combination of rivaroxaban vascular dose (2.5 mg twice daily) plus aspirin significantly reduced the risk of atherothrombotic events compared with aspirin across a broad range of patients, including those with recent ACS, those with chronic CAD and/or PAD, and patients with PAD who have undergone peripheral revascularization. This article provides the rationale for this regimen in more detail, including why the DPI regimen with the rivaroxaban vascular dose was developed for vascular protection in a broad spectrum of patients with atherosclerotic disease.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:120

Enthalten in:

Thrombosis and haemostasis - 120(2020), 8 vom: 23. Aug., Seite 1147-1158

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Weitz, Jeffrey Ian [VerfasserIn]
Angiolillo, Dominick J [VerfasserIn]
Geisler, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
Heitmeier, Stefan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9NDF7JZ4M3
Anticoagulants
Aspirin
EC 3.4.21.5
Journal Article
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
R16CO5Y76E
Review
Rivaroxaban
Thrombin

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.07.2021

Date Revised 28.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1055/s-0040-1713376

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311726437