Periprocedural Bridging Anticoagulation in Patients with Venous Thromboembolism: A Registry-based Cohort Study
Recommended Citation
Barnes GD, Li Y, Gu X, Haymart B, Kline-Rogers E, Ali MA, Kozlowski J, Krol G, Froehlich JB, and Kaatz S. Periprocedural Bridging Anticoagulation in Patients with Venous Thromboembolism: A Registry-based Cohort Study. J Thromb Haemost 2020.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-19-2020
Publication Title
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Use of bridging anticoagulation increases a patient's bleeding risk without clear evidence of thrombotic prevention among warfarin-treated patients with atrial fibrillation. Contemporary use of bridging anticoagulation among warfarin-treated patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) have not been studied.
METHODS: We identified warfarin-treated patients with VTE who temporarily stopped warfarin for a surgical procedure between 2010 and 2018 at six health systems. Using the 2012 American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) guideline, we assessed use of periprocedural bridging anticoagulation based on recurrent VTE risk. Recurrent VTE risk and 30-day outcomes (bleeding, thromboembolism, emergency department visit) were each assessed using logistic regression adjusted for multiple procedures per patient.
RESULTS: During the study period, 789 warfarin-treated patients with VTE underwent 1529 procedures (median 2, IQR 1-4). Unadjusted use of bridging anticoagulation was more common in patients at high-risk for VTE recurrence (99/171, 57.9%) than for patients at moderate (515/1078, 47.8%) or low risk of recurrence (134/280, 47.86%). Bridging anticoagulation use was higher in high-risk patients compared to low- or moderate-risk patients in both unadjusted (p=0.013) and patient-level cluster-adjusted analyses (p=0.031). Adherence to ACCP guidelines in high- and low-risk patients did not change during the study period (OR 0.98 per year, 95% CI 0.91-1.05). Adverse events were rare and not statistically different between the two treatment groups.
CONCLUSIONS: Bridging anticoagulation was commonly overused among low-risk patients and underused among high-risk patients treated with warfarin for VTE. Adverse events were rare and not different between the two treatment groups.
Medical Subject Headings
Anticoagulants; Coronavirus Infections; Heparin; Humans; Pandemics; Patient Discharge; Patient Transfer; Pneumonia, Viral; Thrombolytic Therapy; Venous Thromboembolism; Warfarin
PubMed ID
32428998
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
First Page
72
Last Page
81
