Restrictive vs Liberal Blood Transfusions for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Anaemia by Heart Failure Status : An RCT Subgroup Analysis

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BACKGROUND: Red blood cell transfusion can cause fluid overload. We evaluated the interaction between heart failure (HF) at baseline and transfusion strategy on outcomes in acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

METHODS: We used data from the randomized REALITY trial (https://www.

CLINICALTRIALS: gov/study/NCT02648113), comparing restrictive versus liberal transfusion strategies in patients with AMI and anaemia. HF was defined as history of HF or Killip class > 1 at randomization. Primary outcome was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE: composite of all-cause death, non-recurrent AMI, stroke, or emergency revascularization prompted by ischaemia) at 30 days.

RESULTS: Among 658 randomized patients, 311 (47.3%) had HF. HF patients had higher rates of MACE at 30 days and 1 year, and higher rates of non-fatal new-onset HF. There was no interaction between HF and effect of randomized assignment on the primary outcome or non-fatal new-onset HF. A liberal transfusion strategy was associated with increased all-cause death at 30 days and at 1 year in HF patients (Pinteraction = 0.009 and P = 0.049, respectively). The main numerical difference in cause of death between restrictive and liberal strategies was death by HF at 30 days (4 vs 11).

CONCLUSIONS: HF is frequent in AMI patients with anaemia and is associated with higher risk of MACE (including all-cause death) and non-fatal new-onset HF. While there was no interaction of HF with effect of transfusion strategy on MACE, a liberal transfusion strategy was associated with higher all-cause death that appears driven by a higher risk of early death due to HF.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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The Canadian journal of cardiology - (2024) vom: 24. Feb.

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Englisch

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Ducrocq, Gregory [VerfasserIn]
Cachanado, Marine [VerfasserIn]
Simon, Tabassome [VerfasserIn]
Puymirat, Etienne [VerfasserIn]
Lemesle, Gilles [VerfasserIn]
Lattuca, Benoit [VerfasserIn]
Ariza-Solé, Albert [VerfasserIn]
Silvain, Johanne [VerfasserIn]
Ferrari, Emile [VerfasserIn]
Gonzalez-Juanatey, Jose R [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Sellés, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Lermusier, Thibault [VerfasserIn]
Coste, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Vanzetto, Gerald [VerfasserIn]
Cottin, Yves [VerfasserIn]
Dillinger, Jean G [VerfasserIn]
Calvo, Gonzalo [VerfasserIn]
Steg, Philippe Gabriel [VerfasserIn]
REALITY Investigators [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 26.02.2024

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10.1016/j.cjca.2024.02.013

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