Background The identification of modifiable bleeding risk factors may be of relevance.The aim is to evaluate if aortic stenosis(AS)provides additional information to bleeding risk scores for predicting major bleeding(...
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Background The identification of modifiable bleeding risk factors may be of relevance.The aim is to evaluate if aortic stenosis(AS)provides additional information to bleeding risk scores for predicting major bleeding(MB)in non-valvular atrial fibrillation(AF).Methods We designed a retrospective multi-center study including 2880 consecutive non-valvular AF patients initiating oral anticoagulation between January 2013 and December 2016.AS was defined as moderate or severe according to European echocardiography guidelines criteria.HASBLED,ATRIA and ORBIT scores were used to evaluate the bleeding risk.MB was defined according to the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasia criteria and registered at 18 months of follow-up.Results 168(5.8%)patients had AS.Patients with AS had higher risk for MB compared to those without AS(HR=2.13,95%CI:1.40-3.23,P<0.001).Patients without AS and low-intermediate bleeding risk(0 points)showed the lowest MB rate,whereas the MB rate observed among patients with AS and high bleeding risk(2 points)was the highest one.Discrimination and reclassification analyses showed that AS provided additional information to bleeding risk scores for predicting MB at 18 months of follow-up.Conclusions In this population,AS was associated with an increased risk for MB at midterm follow-up.The three scoring systems showed a moderate discriminatory ability for MB.Moreover,the addition of AS was associated with a significant improvement in their predictive accuracy.We suggest that the presence of this valvulopathy should be taken into account for bleeding risk assessment.
AIM: To determine the clinical reasons for conversion to everolimus(EVL) and long-term outcomes in heart transplant(HT) recipients.METHODS: A retrospective 12-mo study has been carried out in 14 Spanish centres to ass...
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AIM: To determine the clinical reasons for conversion to everolimus(EVL) and long-term outcomes in heart transplant(HT) recipients.METHODS: A retrospective 12-mo study has been carried out in 14 Spanish centres to assess the efficacy and safety of conversion to EVL in maintenance HT recipients.RESULTS: Two hundred and twenty-two patients were included(mean age: 53 ± 10.5 years; mean time from HT: 8.1 ± 4.5 years). The most common reasons for conversion were nephrotoxicity(30%), chronic allograft vasculopathy(20%) and neoplasms(17%). The doses and mean levels of EVL at baseline(conversion to EVL) and after one year were 1.3 ± 0.3 and 1.2 ± 0.6 mg/d and 6.4 ± 3.4 and 5.6 ± 2.5 ng/mL, respectively. The percentage of patients receiving calcineurin inhibitors(CNIs) at baseline and on the final visit was 95% and 65%, respectively. The doses and mean levels of CNIs decreased between baseline and month 12 from 142.2 ± 51.6 to 98.0 ± 39.4 mg/d(P < 0.001) and from 126.1 ± 50.9 to 89.2 ± 47.7 ng/mL(P < 0.001), respectively, for cyclosporine, and from 2.9 ± 1.8 to 2.6 ± 1.9 mg/d and from 8.3 ± 4.0 to 6.5 ± 2.7 ng/mL(P = 0.011) for tacrolimus. In the subgroup of patients converted because of nephrotoxicity, creatinine clearance increased from 34.9 ± 10.1 to 40.4 ± 14.4 mL/min(P < 0.001). There were 37 episodes of acute rejection in 24 patients(11%). The most frequent adverse events were oedemas(12%), infections(9%) and gastrointestinal problems(6%). EVL was suspended in 44 patients(20%). Since the database was closed at the end of the study, no further followup data is available.CONCLUSION: Conversion to EVL in maintenance HT recipients allowed minimisation or suspension of the CNIs, with improved kidney function in the patients with nephrotoxicity, after 12 mo.
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