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Cost-Effectiveness of A Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device In Patients With Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Unable or Unwilling to Tolerate Oral Anticoagulant Therapy In Italy And Spain
Approximately 18-20% of non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients are unable or unwilling to tolerate oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT), leaving them at risk of stroke. Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) device offers an alternative stroke risk reduction strategy that enables the majority of patients to discontinue long-term systematic OAT. Acknowledging both potential improvements in health outcomes and additional upfront implantation costs of a LAAC device, this study considers the lifetime costs and benefits of LAAC compared to aspirin plus clopidogrel (A+C) in high-risk NVAF patients ineligible or unwilling to ...
Source: Value in Health - October 23, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: A Amin, I Cruz González, V Reddy, D Holmes, S Berti, A Iñiguez Romo, L De Deppo, V Priest, M Simmonds, C Lee, M Wasserman, A Margonato Source Type: research

Clinical Relevance of Anticoagulation and Dual Antiplatelet Therapy to the Outcomes of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Recent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Stent.
CONCLUSIONS: TT, DT and DAPT displayed similar efficacy and safety. Although the superiority of OAC vs. DAPT for stroke prevention in AF patients has been demonstrated by previous randomized trials, a smaller frequency of high thromboembolic risks' features in DAPT group of the present study may have prevented the observation of a higher incidence of ischemic stroke in this group. PMID: 26767085 [PubMed]
Source: Clin Med Res - January 18, 2016 Category: Research Authors: De Vecchis R, Cantatrione C, Mazzei D Tags: J Clin Med Res Source Type: research

A Randomized Trial to Compare the Safety of Rivaroxaban versus Aspirin in Addition to Either Clopidogrel or Ticagrelor in Acute Coronary Syndrome: The Design of the GEMINI-ACS-1 Phase II Study
Publication date: Available online 18 January 2016 Source:American Heart Journal Author(s): Thomas J. Povsic, Matthew T. Roe, E. Magnus Ohman, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Stefan James, Alexei Plotnikov, Hardi Mundl, Robert Welsh, Christoph Bode, C. Michael Gibson Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), the combination of aspirin and a P2Y12 inhibitor, given for 12 months remains the standard of care after presentation with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) because it has been shown to be associated with a significant reduction in ischemic events compared with aspirin monotherapy. The factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban was shown ...
Source: American Heart Journal - January 19, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

A randomized trial to compare the safety of rivaroxaban vs aspirin in addition to either clopidogrel or ticagrelor in acute coronary syndrome: The design of the GEMINI-ACS-1 phase II study
Publication date: April 2016 Source:American Heart Journal, Volume 174 Author(s): Thomas J. Povsic, Matthew T. Roe, Erik Magnus Ohman, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Stefan James, Alexei Plotnikov, Hardi Mundl, Robert Welsh, Christoph Bode, Charles Michael Gibson Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), the combination of aspirin and a P2Y12 inhibitor, given for 12 months remains the standard of care after presentation with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) because it has been shown to be associated with a significant reduction in ischemic events compared with aspirin monotherapy. The factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban was shown to ...
Source: American Heart Journal - February 23, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Concomitant Use of Single Antiplatelet Therapy With Edoxaban or Warfarin in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Analysis From the ENGAGE AF-TIMI48 Trial Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
Conclusions Patients with AF who were selected by their physicians to receive SAPT in addition to an anticoagulant had a similar risk of stroke/SEE and higher rates of bleeding than those not receiving SAPT. Edoxaban exhibited similar relative efficacy and reduced bleeding compared to warfarin, with or without concomitant SAPT. Clinical Trial Registration URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/. Unique identifier: NCT00781391.
Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - February 23, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Xu, H., Ruff, C. T., Giugliano, R. P., Murphy, S. A., Nordio, F., Patel, I., Shi, M., Mercuri, M., Antman, E. M., Braunwald, E. Tags: Platelets, Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease, Anticoagulants, Acute Coronary Syndromes Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Source Type: research

Antithrombotic and Anticoagulant Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation
As atrial fibrillation (AF) substantially increases the risk of stroke and other thromboembolic events, most AF patients require appropriate antithrombotic prophylaxis. Oral anticoagulation (OAC) with either dose-adjusted vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) (eg, warfarin) or non-VKA oral anticoagulants (eg, dabigatran, apixaban, rivaroxaban) can be used for this purpose unless contraindicated. Therefore, risk assessment of stroke and bleeding is an obligatory part of AF management, and risk has to be weighed individually. Antiplatelet drugs (eg, aspirin and clopidogrel) are inferior to OAC, both alone and in combination, with a c...
Source: Heart Failure Clinics - March 9, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mikhail S. Dzeshka, Gregory Y.H. Lip Source Type: research

'Dying of heartache?' Heart problems linked to bereavement
Conclusion The study found that people were more likely to have AF for the first time in the weeks immediately after a bereavement, but that this raised risk does not last. Despite the headlines, this does not mean that anyone who's had a bereavement is at immediate risk of "dying of a broken heart". Atrial fibrillation is treatable and not usually life-threatening. Because this was an observational study, we cannot rule out the possibility that factors such as family history of atrial fibrillation or lifestyle factors could have affected the results, although the researcher's conclusion that this is a small poss...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Mental health Source Type: news

Clinical and economic impact of rivaroxaban on the burden of atrial fibrillation: the case study of Japan.
CONCLUSIONS: Introducing rivaroxaban may decrease the burden of NVAF in Japanese society. From a clinical perspective, the reduction in IS and embolic events outweighs the increased risk of anticoagulant-related bleeding; from an economic perspective, reduced event costs offset drug and physician visit costs, resulting in cost savings. PMID: 27112188 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Economics - April 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Tags: J Med Econ Source Type: research

Bleeding Risk Assessment in Atrial Fibrillation: Observations on the Use and Misuse of Bleeding Risk Scores
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - May 31, 2016 Category: Hematology Authors: Gregory Y H Lip, Deirdre A Lane Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Bleeding Risk Assessment in Atrial Fibrillation: Observations on the Use and Misuse of Bleeding Risk Scores.
This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. PMID: 27296528 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thrombosis and Haemostasis - June 13, 2016 Category: Hematology Authors: Lip GY, Lane DA Tags: J Thromb Haemost Source Type: research

Warfarin persistence among atrial fibrillation patients – why is treatment ended?
ConclusionsAlthough persistence to warfarin among AF patients proves higher than previously reported, there is room for improvement since half of the discontinuers have questionable reasons for treatment stop and the majority of them receive no other efficient stroke prophylaxis.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: Cardiovascular Therapeutics - August 26, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Fredrik Bj örck, E k Agnes, Lars Johansson, Anders Själander Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research

Antiplatelet versus anticoagulation treatment for patients with heart failure in sinus rhythm.
CONCLUSIONS: There is evidence from RCTs to suggest that neither oral anticoagulation with warfarin or platelet inhibition with aspirin is better for mortality in systolic heart failure with sinus rhythm (high quality of the evidence for all-cause mortality and moderate quality of the evidence for non-fatal cardiovascular events and major bleeding events). Treatment with warfarin was associated with a 20% reduction in non-fatal cardiovascular events but a twofold higher risk of major bleeding complications (high quality of the evidence). We saw a similar pattern of results for the warfarin versus clopidogrel comparison (lo...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - September 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Shantsila E, Lip GY Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Rates of Adverse Events in the Very Old: A Community Anticoagulation Clinic Study (P6.291)
Conclusions:The very old still achieve minimum TTR to experience anticoagulation benefits. Patients older than 95 are at appreciably increased risk of hemorrhage, while ischemic events were overrepresented in ages 90–95. Future work aims to determine risk factors for thrombotic and hemorrhagic events in the very old.Disclosure: Dr. Stanley has nothing to disclose. Dr. Knight has nothing to disclose. Dr. Stein has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Stanley, M., Knight, C., Stein, R. Tags: Prevention of Cerebrovascular Disease Source Type: research

Oral anticoagulation management in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing cardiac implantable electronic device implantation
ConclusionsManagement of anticoagulation among AF patients undergoing CIED implantation is highly variable, with OAC being interrupted in more than half of both warfarin‐ and NOAC‐treated patients. Bleeding and stroke events were infrequent in both warfarin and NOAC‐treated patients.
Source: Clinical Cardiology - May 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eric Black ‐Maier, Sunghee Kim, Benjamin A. Steinberg, Gregg C. Fonarow, James V. Freeman, Peter R. Kowey, Jack Ansell, Bernard J. Gersh, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Gerald Naccarelli, Elaine M. Hylek, Alan S. Go, Eric D. Peterson, Jonathan P. Piccini, Tags: CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS Source Type: research

The challenge of coprescription of antiplatelet therapy and oral anticoagulants
The coexistence of symptomatic carotid artery stenosis and nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) in the recently reported 85year old man [1] bears out the findings of the study which documented a 24.3% prevalence of high-grade (50% or more) carotid artery stenosis among 103 consecutive NVAF patients (mean age 69) who presented with stroke [2]. Among these patients with high-grade stenosis 66.7% had stenosis ipsilateral to the cerebral infarct [2]. Given the fact that patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis are at high risk of stroke recurrence and/or worsening neurological disability during the first 14days foll...
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - May 22, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Oscar M.P. Jolobe Source Type: research