Venous thromboembolism secondary to hospitalization for COVID-19 : patient management and long-term outcomes

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Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a complication of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients. Little information is available on long-term outcomes of VTE in this population.

Objectives: We aimed to compare the characteristics, management strategies, and long-term clinical outcomes between patients with COVID-19-associated VTE and patients with VTE provoked by hospitalization for other acute medical illnesses.

Methods: This is an observational cohort study, with a prospective cohort of 278 patients with COVID-19-associated VTE enrolled between 2020 and 2021 and a comparison cohort of 300 patients without COVID-19 enrolled in the ongoing START2-Register between 2018 and 2020. Exclusion criteria included age <18 years, other indications to anticoagulant treatment, active cancer, recent (<3 months) major surgery, trauma, pregnancy, and participation in interventional studies. All patients were followed up for a minimum of 12 months after treatment discontinuation. Primary end point was the occurrence of venous and arterial thrombotic events.

Results: Patients with VTE secondary to COVID-19 had more frequent pulmonary embolism without deep vein thrombosis than controls (83.1% vs 46.2%, P <.001), lower prevalence of chronic inflammatory disease (1.4% and 16.3%, P <.001), and history of VTE (5.0% and 19.0%, P <.001). The median duration of anticoagulant treatment (194 and 225 days, P = 0.9) and the proportion of patients who discontinued anticoagulation (78.0% and 75.0%, P = 0.4) were similar between the 2 groups. Thrombotic event rates after discontinuation were 1.5 and 2.6 per 100 patient-years, respectively (P = 0.4).

Conclusion: The risk of recurrent thrombotic events in patients with COVID-19-associated VTE is low and similar to the risk observed in patients with VTE secondary to hospitalization for other medical diseases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis - 7(2023), 4 vom: 19. Mai, Seite 100167

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ageno, Walter [VerfasserIn]
Antonucci, Emilia [VerfasserIn]
Poli, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Bucherini, Eugenio [VerfasserIn]
Chistolini, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Fregoni, Vittorio [VerfasserIn]
Lerede, Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Pancani, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Pedrini, Simona [VerfasserIn]
Pieralli, Filippo [VerfasserIn]
Pignatelli, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]
Pizzini, Attilia Maria [VerfasserIn]
Podda, Gian Marco [VerfasserIn]
Potere, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Sarti, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Testa, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Visonà, Adriana [VerfasserIn]
Palareti, Gualtiero [VerfasserIn]
START 2 Registry VTE study group [VerfasserIn]
Ageno, Walter [Sonstige Person]
Girardi, Laura [Sonstige Person]
Sterpone, Paola [Sonstige Person]
Cosmi, Benilde [Sonstige Person]
Bucherini, Eugenio [Sonstige Person]
Chistolini, Antonio [Sonstige Person]
Serrao, Alessandra [Sonstige Person]
Di Nisio, Marcello [Sonstige Person]
Potere, Nicola [Sonstige Person]
Porreca, Ettore [Sonstige Person]
Fregoni, Vittorio [Sonstige Person]
Grandone, Elvira [Sonstige Person]
Colaizzo, Donatella [Sonstige Person]
Insana, Antonio [Sonstige Person]
Lerede, Teresa [Sonstige Person]
Falanga, Anna [Sonstige Person]
Martinelli, Ida [Sonstige Person]
Bucciarelli, Paolo [Sonstige Person]
Abbattista, Maria [Sonstige Person]
Martini, Giuliana [Sonstige Person]
Masciocco, Lucilla [Sonstige Person]
Mastroiacovo, Daniela [Sonstige Person]
Pancani, Roberta [Sonstige Person]
Carrozzi, Laura [Sonstige Person]
Paparo, Carmelo [Sonstige Person]
Pedrini, Simona [Sonstige Person]
Pieralli, Filippo [Sonstige Person]
Milia, Alessandro [Sonstige Person]
Pignatelli, Pasquale [Sonstige Person]
Menichelli, Danilo [Sonstige Person]
Pizzini, Attilia Maria [Sonstige Person]
Silingardi, Mauro [Sonstige Person]
Podda, GianMarco [Sonstige Person]
Birocchi, Simone [Sonstige Person]
Poli, Daniela [Sonstige Person]
Crudele, Felice [Sonstige Person]
Lotti, Elena [Sonstige Person]
Marcucci, Rossella [Sonstige Person]
Preti, Paola Stefania [Sonstige Person]
Sarti, Luca [Sonstige Person]
Trovati, Alice [Sonstige Person]
Caronna, Antonella [Sonstige Person]
Famiglietti, Elena [Sonstige Person]
Lami, Francesca [Sonstige Person]
Nicolini, Alberto [Sonstige Person]
Scaglioni, Federica [Sonstige Person]
Testa, Sophie [Sonstige Person]
Paoletti, Oriana [Sonstige Person]
Tosetto, Alberto [Sonstige Person]
Toma, Andrea [Sonstige Person]
Villalta, Sabina [Sonstige Person]
Visonà, Adriana [Sonstige Person]
Zalunardo, Beniamino [Sonstige Person]
Panzavolta, Chiara [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Anticoagulant treatment
COVID-19
Journal Article
Pulmonary embolism
Recurrence
Venous thromboembolism

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 28.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.rpth.2023.100167

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357316657