Seok In Lee1, Kyo Seon Lee2, Joon Bum Kim3, Suk Jung Choo3, Cheol Hyun Chung3, Jae Won Lee3, Sung-Ho Jung3. 1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University, Incheon, Korea. 2. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea. 3. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Early antithrombotic therapy after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) is controversial. This study aimed to retrospectively compare between warfarin and aspirin treatment in the 3 months after bioprosthetic AVR for elderly patients more than 60 years old, and to determine the optimal antithrombotic therapy. METHODS: This retrospective study included 479 patients in single center from January 1994 to June 2014. Patients were divided into two groups (Wa group, warfarin; As group, aspirin). We searched our computerized clinical database for thromboembolic or bleeding events. Propensity score analysis was conducted to adjust for selection bias. RESULTS: All patients, except one patient, were followed-up in the out-patient department for 3 months after the operation. In all, 86 propensity-matched patient-pairs were derived. Early operative outcomes were similar in both the groups. There are one patient of thromboembolic event and three patients of bleeding events, but the prevalence was not significantly different (p >0.999). CONCLUSION: The incidence of thromboembolic and bleeding events during early 3 months after bioprosthetic AVR were similar in Wa and As groups. If the patient does not have indications of warfarin, early antithrombotic therapy with aspirin only may be easier and more feasible for elderly patients.
PURPOSE: Early antithrombotic therapy after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) is controversial. This study aimed to retrospectively compare between warfarin and aspirin treatment in the 3 months after bioprosthetic AVR for elderly patients more than 60 years old, and to determine the optimal antithrombotic therapy. METHODS: This retrospective study included 479 patients in single center from January 1994 to June 2014. Patients were divided into two groups (Wa group, warfarin; As group, aspirin). We searched our computerized clinical database for thromboembolic or bleeding events. Propensity score analysis was conducted to adjust for selection bias. RESULTS: All patients, except one patient, were followed-up in the out-patient department for 3 months after the operation. In all, 86 propensity-matched patient-pairs were derived. Early operative outcomes were similar in both the groups. There are one patient of thromboembolic event and three patients of bleeding events, but the prevalence was not significantly different (p >0.999). CONCLUSION: The incidence of thromboembolic and bleeding events during early 3 months after bioprosthetic AVR were similar in Wa and As groups. If the patient does not have indications of warfarin, early antithrombotic therapy with aspirin only may be easier and more feasible for elderly patients.
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