Gregory Y H Lip1, Cécile Laroche2, Mircea Iaochim Popescu3, Lars Hvilsted Rasmussen4, Laura Vitali-Serdoz5, Gheorghe-Andrei Dan6, Zbigniew Kalarus7, Harry J G M Crijns8, Mario Martins Oliveira9, Luigi Tavazzi10, Aldo P Maggioni2, Giuseppe Boriani11. 1. University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QH, UK Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark g.y.h.lip@bham.ac.uk. 2. EURObservational Research Programme Department, European Society of Cardiology, Sophia Antipolis, France. 3. Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine Oradea, Emergency Clinical County Hospital of Oradea, Romania. 4. Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Centre, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark. 5. University of Trieste, Ospedale di Cattinara, AOU Ospedali Riuniti SC Cardiologia, Trieste, Italy. 6. University of Medicine, "Carol Davila", Colentina University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania. 7. Department of Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Disease, ul. M Curie-Sklodowskiej 9, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland. 8. Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands. 9. Cardiology Department, Santa Marta Hospital and Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. 10. GVM Care and Research, Ettore Sansavini Health Science Foundation, Maria Cecilia Hospital, Cotignola, Italy. 11. Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Cardiology, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Abstract
AIMS: Guideline-adherent therapy for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation has been associated with better outcomes, in terms of thromboembolism (TE) and bleeding. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this report from the EuroObservational Research Programme-Atrial Fibrillation (EORP-AF) Pilot General Registry, we describe the associated baseline features of 'high risk' AF patients in relation to guideline-adherent antithrombotic treatment, i.e. whether they were adherent, over-treated, or under-treated based on the 2012 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines. Secondly, we assessed the predictors of guideline-adherent antithrombotic treatment. Thirdly, we evaluated outcomes for all-cause mortality, TE, bleeding, and the composite endpoint of 'any TE, cardiovascular death or bleeding' in relation to whether they were ESC guideline-adherent treatment. From the EORP-AF cohort, the follow-up dataset of 2634 subjects was used to assess the impact of guideline adherence or non-adherence. Of these, 1602 (60.6%) were guideline adherent, whilst 458 (17.3%) were under-treated, and 574 (21.7%) were over-treated. Non-guideline-adherent treatment can be related to region of Europe as well as associated clinical features, but not age, AF type, symptoms, or echocardiography indices. Over-treatment per se was associated with symptoms, using the EHRA score, as well as other comorbidities. Guideline-adherent antithrombotic management based on the ESC guidelines is associated with significantly better outcomes. Specifically, the endpoint of 'all cause death and any TE' is increased by >60% by undertreatment [hazard ratio (HR) 1.679 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.202-2.347)] or over-treatment [HR 1.622 (95% CI 1.173-2.23)]. For the composite endpoint of 'cardiovascular death, any TE or bleeding', over-treatment increased risk by >70% [HR 1.722 (95% CI 1.200-2.470)]. CONCLUSION: Even in this cohort with high overall rates of oral anticoagulation use, ESC guideline-adherent antithrombotic management is associated with significantly better outcomes, including those related to mortality and TE, as well as the composite endpoint of 'cardiovascular death, any TE or bleeding'. These contemporary observations emphasize the importance of guideline implementation, and adherence to the 2012 ESC guidelines for stroke prevention in AF. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
AIMS: Guideline-adherent therapy for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation has been associated with better outcomes, in terms of thromboembolism (TE) and bleeding. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this report from the EuroObservational Research Programme-Atrial Fibrillation (EORP-AF) Pilot General Registry, we describe the associated baseline features of 'high risk' AFpatients in relation to guideline-adherent antithrombotic treatment, i.e. whether they were adherent, over-treated, or under-treated based on the 2012 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines. Secondly, we assessed the predictors of guideline-adherent antithrombotic treatment. Thirdly, we evaluated outcomes for all-cause mortality, TE, bleeding, and the composite endpoint of 'any TE, cardiovascular death or bleeding' in relation to whether they were ESC guideline-adherent treatment. From the EORP-AF cohort, the follow-up dataset of 2634 subjects was used to assess the impact of guideline adherence or non-adherence. Of these, 1602 (60.6%) were guideline adherent, whilst 458 (17.3%) were under-treated, and 574 (21.7%) were over-treated. Non-guideline-adherent treatment can be related to region of Europe as well as associated clinical features, but not age, AF type, symptoms, or echocardiography indices. Over-treatment per se was associated with symptoms, using the EHRA score, as well as other comorbidities. Guideline-adherent antithrombotic management based on the ESC guidelines is associated with significantly better outcomes. Specifically, the endpoint of 'all cause death and any TE' is increased by >60% by undertreatment [hazard ratio (HR) 1.679 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.202-2.347)] or over-treatment [HR 1.622 (95% CI 1.173-2.23)]. For the composite endpoint of 'cardiovascular death, any TE or bleeding', over-treatment increased risk by >70% [HR 1.722 (95% CI 1.200-2.470)]. CONCLUSION: Even in this cohort with high overall rates of oral anticoagulation use, ESC guideline-adherent antithrombotic management is associated with significantly better outcomes, including those related to mortality and TE, as well as the composite endpoint of 'cardiovascular death, any TE or bleeding'. These contemporary observations emphasize the importance of guideline implementation, and adherence to the 2012 ESC guidelines for stroke prevention in AF. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
Authors: Marco Proietti; Alessandro Nobili; Valeria Raparelli; Laura Napoleone; Pier Mannuccio Mannucci; Gregory Y H Lip Journal: Clin Res Cardiol Date: 2016-05-31 Impact factor: 5.460