Paul Khairy1, Jamil Aboulhosn2, Craig S Broberg3, Scott Cohen4, Stephen Cook5, Annie Dore6, Susan M Fernandes7, Anne Fournier8, Joseph Kay9, Sylvie Levesque10, Laurent Macle6, François Marcotte6, Blandine Mondésert6, François-Pierre Mongeon6, Alexander R Opotowsky11, Anna Proietti6, Lena Rivard6, Jennifer Ting12, Bernard Thibault6, Ali Zaidi13, Robert Hamilton14. 1. Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Montreal Health Innovations Coordinating Center (MHICC), Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: paul.khairy@umontreal.ca. 2. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 3. Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA. 4. The Wisconsin Adult Congenital Heart (WAtCH) Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. 5. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 6. Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 7. Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA. 8. Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 9. University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA. 10. Montreal Health Innovations Coordinating Center (MHICC), Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 11. Boston Adult Congenital Heart Service, Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 12. Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA. 13. Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. 14. Co-PI, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of data to guide decisions regarding thromboprophylaxis for atrial arrhythmias in congenital heart disease. METHODS: A retrospective multicenter cohort study enrolled patients with documented sustained atrial arrhythmias and congenital heart disease from 12 North American centers to quantify thromboembolic and bleeding rates associated with antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy, and explore associated factors. A blinded committee adjudicated all qualifying arrhythmias and outcomes. RESULTS: A total of 482 patients, 45.2% female, age 32.0±18.0years, were followed for 11.3±9.4years since the qualifying arrhythmia. Antiplatelet therapy was administered to 37.8%, anticoagulation to 54.4%, and neither to 7.9%. Congenital heart disease complexity was simple, moderate, and severe in 18.5%, 34.4%, and 47.1%, respectively. Freedom from thromboembolic events was 84.7±2.7% at 15years, with no difference between anticoagulation versus antiplatelet therapy (P=0.97). Congenital heart disease complexity was independently associated with thromboembolic events, with rates of 0.00%, 0.93%, and 1.95%/year in those with simple, moderate, and severe forms (P<0.001). CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores were not predictive of thromboembolic risk. Annualized bleeding rates with antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy were 0.66% and 1.82% (P=0.039). In multivariable analyses, anticoagulation [hazard ratio (HR) 4.76, 95% CI (1.05-21.58), P=0.043] and HAS-BLED score [HR 3.15, 95% CI (1.02, 9.78), P=0.047] were independently associated with major bleeds. CONCLUSION: Current management of atrial arrhythmias in congenital heart disease is associated with a modest rate of thromboembolic events, which is predicted by disease complexity but not CHADS2/CHA2DS2-VASc scores. HAS-BLED score is applicable to the congenital population in predicting major bleeds.
BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of data to guide decisions regarding thromboprophylaxis for atrial arrhythmias in congenital heart disease. METHODS: A retrospective multicenter cohort study enrolled patients with documented sustained atrial arrhythmias and congenital heart disease from 12 North American centers to quantify thromboembolic and bleeding rates associated with antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy, and explore associated factors. A blinded committee adjudicated all qualifying arrhythmias and outcomes. RESULTS: A total of 482 patients, 45.2% female, age 32.0±18.0years, were followed for 11.3±9.4years since the qualifying arrhythmia. Antiplatelet therapy was administered to 37.8%, anticoagulation to 54.4%, and neither to 7.9%. Congenital heart disease complexity was simple, moderate, and severe in 18.5%, 34.4%, and 47.1%, respectively. Freedom from thromboembolic events was 84.7±2.7% at 15years, with no difference between anticoagulation versus antiplatelet therapy (P=0.97). Congenital heart disease complexity was independently associated with thromboembolic events, with rates of 0.00%, 0.93%, and 1.95%/year in those with simple, moderate, and severe forms (P<0.001). CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores were not predictive of thromboembolic risk. Annualized bleeding rates with antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy were 0.66% and 1.82% (P=0.039). In multivariable analyses, anticoagulation [hazard ratio (HR) 4.76, 95% CI (1.05-21.58), P=0.043] and HAS-BLED score [HR 3.15, 95% CI (1.02, 9.78), P=0.047] were independently associated with major bleeds. CONCLUSION: Current management of atrial arrhythmias in congenital heart disease is associated with a modest rate of thromboembolic events, which is predicted by disease complexity but not CHADS2/CHA2DS2-VASc scores. HAS-BLED score is applicable to the congenital population in predicting major bleeds.
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