The management of patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation
Current recommendations on the management of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with stent (PCI‐S) essentially derive from small, single‐center, retrospective datasets. To obtain larger and better quality data, we carried out the prospective, multicenter Atrial Fibrillation undergoing Coronary Artery Stenting (AFCAS) study. Therefore, consecutive patients with history of or ongoing AF undergoing PCI‐S were enrolled, and occurrence of adverse ischemic and bleeding events recorded during 12 months follow‐up. In this article, we report the in‐hospital observations. Out of the 963 patients, in the majority of cases (49.1%) AF was permanent. The associated risk of stroke, as defined by a CHADS2‐score ≥2, was in 70% of patients moderate to high. Upon enrolment in the registry, 69.3% of patients were on VKA therapy. Overall occurrence of in‐hospital major adverse cardiac events was 4.5% (cardiovascular death 1.9%, urgent revascularization in 1.5%, and stroke/arterial thromboembolism in 0.6%). Bleeding complications occurred in 7.1% of patients, being severe in 2.5%. In a logistic regression analysis, no risk factor was independently associated with bleeding events, whereas Clopidogrel treatment decreased and female gender/treatment with gpIIb/IIIa‐antagonists, respectively increased the risk for the combined ischemic endpoint. The majority of AF patients undergoing PCI‐S are at high stroke risk, and therefore VKA ...
Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Axel Schlitt, Andrea Rubboli, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Heli Lahtela, Josè Valencia, Pasi P. Karjalainen, Michael Weber, Mika Laine, Paulus Kirchhof, Matti Niemelä, Saila Vikman, Michael Buerke, K.E. Juhani Airaksinen, Tags: Coronary Artery Disease Source Type: research
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