The Quest for the Optimal Periprocedural Antithrombotic Treatment Strategy in ACS Patients Undergoing PCI.
The Quest for the Optimal Periprocedural Antithrombotic Treatment Strategy in ACS Patients Undergoing PCI.
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寻求接受 PCI 的 ACS 患者的最佳围手术期抗血栓治疗策略。
DOI:
10.1016/j.jacc.2018.01.040
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发表时间:
2018
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24
通讯作者:
Franchi,Francesco
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作者:
Angiolillo,DominickJ;Rollini,Fabiana;Franchi,Francesco
The early phase of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is characterized by an increased risk of thrombotic complications, underscoring the need for fast-acting, safe, and efficacious antithrombotic therapies, particularly among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)(1, 2). Because of the central role of thrombin on enhancing the prothrombotic milieu, strategies that target thrombin-mediated effects have become essential in this setting (1, 2). To this extent, unfractionated heparin (UFH) and bivalirudin are fast-acting intravenous anticoagulants available in clinical practice. UFH is an indirect thrombin and factor Xa inhibitor, the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles of which are characterized by high intra-and interpatient variability (2). Moreover, UFH has been associated with an increase in platelet reactivity (3). Before the introduction of the more effective oral P2Y12 inhibitors, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors (GPIs) were commonly used in adjunct to UFH to reduce periprocedural thrombotic events.However, the increased rates of major bleeding complications with GPI use and the ever-increasing awareness of the poor prognostic implications associated with bleeding, including increased mortality, have reinforced the importance of bleeding reduction strategies (4, 5). Bivalirudin is a direct thrombin inhibitor with a linear doseÀresponse profile that leads to more predictable anticoagulant effects (2). Several clinical trials have supported the superior safety (ie, reduced bleeding), without a tradeoff in efficacy, of bivalirudin compared with UFH plus routinely administered intravenous GPIs in ACS patients who are undergoing PCI (6). However, the evolution in technical expertise and devices, as well as the expansion of the armamentarium of antithrombotic therapies available for patients undergoing PCI, have led to a decline in GPI use (4). This has inevitably questioned the role of bivalirudin in the modern era of interventional pharmacology, which is largely characterized by only provisional GPI use. With this background, in the MATRIX (Minimizing Adverse Hemorrhagic Events by Transradial Access Site and Systemic Implementation of Angiox) trial, patients with an ACS who underwent PCI were randomized to receive either bivalirudin or UFH with or without GPIs at operator discretion. The MATRIX trial was designed to demonstrate the superiority of bivalirudin over UFH Æ GPI on the coprimary endpoints of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs; a composite of death, myocardial infarction, or stroke) and net adverse clinical events (NACEs; a composite of MACEs or major bleeding not related to coronary artery bypass graft)(Bleeding Academic Research Consortium [BARC] type 3 or 5) at 30 days. However, despite a significant reduction in major bleeding, all-cause death, and cardiac death, neither of the primary endpoints were met (7).