Advances in Neurocardiology: Focus on Anticoagulation for Valvular Heart Disease With and Without Atrial Fibrillation.
Advances in Neurocardiology: Focus on Anticoagulation for Valvular Heart Disease With and Without Atrial Fibrillation.
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DOI:
10.1161/strokeaha.122.039310
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发表时间:
2022-12
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
Sposato, Luciano A.
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作者:
Gurol, M. Edip;Sposato, Luciano A.
Mitral stenosis is a significant cause of heart disease globally and can be classified into 2 main types, rheumatic and calcific. Rheumatic mitral stenosis is predominant in young individuals living in low-and middle-income countries, whereas nonrheumatic calcific mitral stenosis is more common among elderly individuals in higher income countries. There are no reliable estimates of stroke risk in patients with mitral stenosis without AF not receiving anticoagulants. Stroke risk in patients with mitral stenosis and AF not receiving anticoagulants ranges between of 5 to 6 per 100 patient-years, similar to the 6 per 100 patient-years reported in the placebo arms of vitamin K antagonists (VKA) RCTs for nonvalvular AF. 11 One large RCT and a small pilot RCT compared DOACs and VKAs in patients with rheumatic VHD, predominantly mitral stenosis. The INVICTUS Phase III trial (Investigation of Rheumatic AF Treatment Using Vitamin K Antagonists ‚Rivaroxaban or Aspirin Studies) included 4531 patients with rheumatic valvular disease and AF or atrial flutter. 2 Eighty-two percent of the cohort had moderate/severe mitral stenosis. 2 To be included, patients had to fulfill at least one of the following criteria: a CHA2DS2-VASc score≥ 2 points, a mitral-valve area< 2 cm2, left atrial spontaneous echo contrast, or a left atrial thrombus. The study evaluated whether rivaroxaban 20 mg daily was noninferior to VKA in preventing the composite of stroke, systemic embolism, myocardial infarction, and death from a vascular or unknown cause. INVICTUS was terminated earlier because the primary question had been satisfactorily answered as per a pre-planned blinded interim analysis. The rivaroxaban arm showed a 25% higher rate of the composite of cardiovascular events and death (primary end point) than VKA, with 29% increase in vascular deaths, a 53% higher ischemic stroke rate, and no difference in major bleeding events. Higher rates of death