Ivan Netuka1, Pierre-Yves Litzler2, Michael Berchtold-Herz3, Erwan Flecher4, Daniel Zimpfer5, Laura Damme6, Kartik S Sundareswaran7, David J Farrar7, Jan D Schmitto8. 1. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic; Second Department of Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. Electronic address: ivan.netuka@ikem.cz. 2. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Rouen University Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France. 3. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. 4. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France. 5. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. 6. Clinical Affairs, Research and Scientific Affairs, St. Jude Medical, Inc, Pleasanton, California. 7. Research and Scientific Affairs, St. Jude Medical, Inc, Pleasanton, California. 8. Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Current recommendations of antithrombotic therapy for HeartMate II (HMII) patients include the use of both an anticoagulant and an antiplatelet agent. Because bleeding is still the most frequent adverse event, the TRACE (STudy of Reduced Anti-Coagulation/Anti-platelet Therapy in Patients with the HeartMatE II) study was initiated to evaluate the incidence of adverse events in HMII patients on reduced antithrombotic (RT) therapy. METHODS: HMII patients (n = 101) from nine centers were enrolled in the European arm of TRACE and were managed on a single anticoagulant (vitamin K antagonist) with no antiplatelet agents. An analysis of bleeding and thrombotic adverse events from all 101 patients with 2-year follow-up after initiation of RT therapy is reported here. RESULTS: Median age was 56 years (range, 18 to 72 years), 93% were men, 70% had an Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support profile 1 to 3, and 82% received the HMII as a bridge to transplantation. Ninety-two percent were placed on RT therapy as a center standard of care or due to physician preference and 6% as a response to bleeding. Median HMII support duration on RT therapy was 25 months (range, 1 to 93 months). Median international normalized ratio was 2.31 [quartile 1 to quartile 3: 2.07 to 2.60]. At 2 years, freedom from bleeding, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, and pump thrombosis after initiation of RT therapy was 81% ± 6%, 96% ± 2%, 94% ± 3%, and 94% ± 3%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The 2-year analysis of the observational European TRACE study suggests that managing HMII patients with a vitamin K antagonist with a target international normalized ratio of 2.3 without antiplatelet therapy may help to reduce the incidence of major bleeding without increasing the risk of thromboembolic events, including ischemic stroke and pump thrombosis.
BACKGROUND: Current recommendations of antithrombotic therapy for HeartMate II (HMII) patients include the use of both an anticoagulant and an antiplatelet agent. Because bleeding is still the most frequent adverse event, the TRACE (STudy of Reduced Anti-Coagulation/Anti-platelet Therapy in Patients with the HeartMatE II) study was initiated to evaluate the incidence of adverse events in HMII patients on reduced antithrombotic (RT) therapy. METHODS: HMII patients (n = 101) from nine centers were enrolled in the European arm of TRACE and were managed on a single anticoagulant (vitamin K antagonist) with no antiplatelet agents. An analysis of bleeding and thrombotic adverse events from all 101 patients with 2-year follow-up after initiation of RT therapy is reported here. RESULTS: Median age was 56 years (range, 18 to 72 years), 93% were men, 70% had an Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support profile 1 to 3, and 82% received the HMII as a bridge to transplantation. Ninety-two percent were placed on RT therapy as a center standard of care or due to physician preference and 6% as a response to bleeding. Median HMII support duration on RT therapy was 25 months (range, 1 to 93 months). Median international normalized ratio was 2.31 [quartile 1 to quartile 3: 2.07 to 2.60]. At 2 years, freedom from bleeding, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, and pump thrombosis after initiation of RT therapy was 81% ± 6%, 96% ± 2%, 94% ± 3%, and 94% ± 3%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The 2-year analysis of the observational European TRACE study suggests that managing HMII patients with a vitamin K antagonist with a target international normalized ratio of 2.3 without antiplatelet therapy may help to reduce the incidence of major bleeding without increasing the risk of thromboembolic events, including ischemic stroke and pump thrombosis.
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