Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Vitamin K antagonist (VKA) in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with previous ulcer bleeding. In this multicenter, retrospective analysis, clinical outcomes of 754 AF patients with a history of ulcer bleeding were evaluated. After ulcer treatment, 458 patients (61%) were treated with VKA, and the outcomes were compared to 296 patients (39%) without VKA. VKA treatment significantly increased major bleeding (7.3%/year vs 3.2%/year, P<0.001), and reduced major adverse cardiac events (MACE) (5.4%/year vs 10.0%/year, P<0.001). Specifically, risk of gastrointestinal bleeding was significantly higher in the VKA group than no-VKA group (5.7%/year vs 2.6%/year, P<0.001). Consequently, there was no difference in the incidence of composite of a MACE and major bleeding, between the 2 groups. In patients with time in the therapeutic range (TTR) ?65%, VKA significantly decreased MACE (2.8%/year vs 10.0%/year, P<0.001) without increasing major bleeding. Net clinical benefit model showed beneficial effects of VKA in patients with TTR ?65%, and harmful effects in those with TTR<55%. In AF patients with previous ulcer bleeding, VKA treatment did not improve clinical outcomes unless the international normalized ratio level was constantly maintained (TTR ?65%), as the gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) risk significantly increased.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e5467 |
Journal | Medicine (United States) |
Volume | 95 |
Issue number | 47 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by a CMB-Yuhan research grant of Yonsei University College of Medicine for (6-2015-0173), research grants from the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (NRF- 2012R1A2A2A02045367), and a grant from the Korean Healthcare technology RandD project funded by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (HI16C0058, HI15C1200).
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Medicine(all)