Safety and Efficacy of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With Continuation of Vitamin K Antagonists or Direct Oral Anticoagulants.

Brinkert, Miriam; Mangner, Norman; Moriyama, Noriaki; Keller, Lukas S; Hagemeyer, Daniel; Crusius, Lisa; Lehnick, Dirk; Kobza, Richard; Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed; Laine, Mika; Stortecky, Stefan; Pilgrim, Thomas; Nietlispach, Fabian; Ruschitzka, Frank; Thiele, Holger; Linke, Axel; Toggweiler, Stefan (2021). Safety and Efficacy of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With Continuation of Vitamin K Antagonists or Direct Oral Anticoagulants. JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions, 14(2), pp. 135-144. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.09.062

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OBJECTIVES

The authors investigated whether transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with periprocedural continuation of oral anticoagulation is equally safe and efficacious as TAVR with periprocedural interruption of anticoagulation.

BACKGROUND

A significant proportion of patients undergoing TAVR have an indication for long-term oral anticoagulation. The optimal periprocedural management of such patients is unknown.

METHODS

Consecutive patients on oral anticoagulation who underwent transfemoral TAVR at 5 European centers were enrolled. Oral anticoagulation was either stopped 2 to 4 days before TAVR or continued throughout the procedure. Primary safety outcome was major bleeding. Secondary efficacy endpoints included vascular complications, stroke, and mortality.

RESULTS

Of 4,459 patients, 584 patients were treated with continuation of anticoagulation and 733 with interruption of anticoagulation. At 30 days, major or life-threatening bleedings occurred in 66 (11.3%) versus 105 (14.3%; odds ratio [OR]: 0.86, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.61 to 1.21; p = 0.39) and major vascular complications in 64 (11.0%) versus 90 (12.3%; OR: 0.89, CI: 0.62 to 1.27; p = 0.52) of patients with continuation and with interruption of anticoagulation, respectively. Transfusion of packed red blood cells was less often required in patients with continuation of anticoagulation (80 [13.7%] vs. 130 [17.7%]; OR: 0.59, 95% CI: 0.42 to 0.81; p = 0.001). Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival at 12 months were 85.3% in patients with continuation of anticoagulation and 84.0% in patients with interruption of anticoagulation (hazard ratio: 0.90, 95% CI: 0.73 to 1.12; p = 0.36).

CONCLUSIONS

Continuation of oral anticoagulation throughout TAVR did not increase bleeding or vascular complication rates. Moreover, packed red blood cell transfusions were less often required in patients with continuation of oral anticoagulation.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology

UniBE Contributor:

Hagemeyer, Daniel Philipp Alfons, Stortecky, Stefan, Pilgrim, Thomas

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1876-7605

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Nadia Biscozzo

Date Deposited:

21 Jan 2021 10:39

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:44

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.jcin.2020.09.062

PubMed ID:

33358653

Uncontrolled Keywords:

aortic stenosis bleeding direct oral anticoagulant oral anticoagulation

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/151130

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/151130

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