Predictors and Outcomes of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism in Elderly Patients.

Lauber, Sandro; Limacher, Andreas; Tritschler, Tobias; Stalder, Odile; Méan, Marie; Righini, Marc; Aschwanden, Markus; Beer, Jürg Hans; Frauchiger, Beat; Osterwalder, Josef; Kucher, Nils; Lämmle, Bernhard; Cornuz, Jacques; Angelillo-Scherrer, Anne; Matter, Christian M; Husmann, Marc; Banyai, Martin; Staub, Daniel; Mazzolai, Lucia; Hugli, Olivier; ... (2018). Predictors and Outcomes of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism in Elderly Patients. American journal of medicine, 131(6), 703.e7-703.e16. Elsevier 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.12.015

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BACKGROUND

Little is known about predictors and outcomes of recurrent venous thromboembolism in elderly patients.

METHODS

We prospectively followed up 991 patients aged ≥65 years with acute venous thromboembolism in a multicenter Swiss cohort study. The primary outcome was symptomatic recurrent venous thromboembolism. We explored the association between baseline characteristics and treatments and recurrent venous thromboembolism using competing risk regression, adjusting for periods of anticoagulation as a time-varying co-variate. We also assessed the clinical consequences (case-fatality, localization) of recurrent venous thromboembolism.

RESULTS

During a median follow-up period of 30 months, 122 patients developed recurrent venous thromboembolism, corresponding to a 3-year cumulative incidence of 14.8%. The case-fatality of recurrence was high (20.5%), particularly in patients with unprovoked (23%) and cancer-related venous thromboembolism (29%). After adjustment, only unprovoked venous thromboembolism (sub-hazard ratio [SHR] 1.67 compared to provoked venous thromboembolism; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.00-2.77) and proximal deep vein thrombosis (SHR 2.41 compared to isolated distal deep vein thrombosis; 95% CI 1.07-5.38) were significantly associated with recurrence. Patients with initial pulmonary embolism were more likely to have another pulmonary embolism as a recurrent event than patients with deep vein thrombosis.

CONCLUSIONS

Elderly patients with acute venous thromboembolism have a substantial long-term risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism and recurrence carries a high case-fatality rate. Only two factors, unprovoked venous thromboembolism and proximal deep vein thrombosis, were independently associated with recurrent venous thromboembolism, indicating that traditional risk factors for venous thromboembolism recurrence (e.g., cancer) may be less relevant in the elderly.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Haematology and Central Haematological Laboratory
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Unit Childrens Hospital > Forschungsgruppe Hämatologie (Erwachsene)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Department of Clinical Research (DCR)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine > Centre of Competence for General Internal Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute of General Practice and Primary Care (BIHAM)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine

UniBE Contributor:

Lauber, Sandro, Limacher, Andreas, Tritschler, Tobias, Stalder, Odile, Méan Pascual, Marie, Lämmle, Bernhard, Angelillo, Anne, Rodondi, Nicolas, Aujesky, Drahomir

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

0002-9343

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Doris Kopp Heim

Date Deposited:

11 Jan 2018 12:57

Last Modified:

20 Feb 2024 14:16

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.12.015

PubMed ID:

29307536

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Elderly Recurrence Venous thromboembolism

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.108952

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/108952

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