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ArticleJournal of arrhythmia2018

Comparison of direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin regarding midterm adverse events in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation.

Yuichiro Sagawa, Yasutoshi Nagata, Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Takamasa Iwai, Junji Yamaguchi, Sadahiro Hijikata, Keita Watanabe, Ryo Masuda, Ryoichi Miyazaki, Naoyuki Miwa and 4 more

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Article in Journal of arrhythmia, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Meta-analysis of efficacy and safety of new oral anticoagulants compared with warfarin in Japanese patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuichiro SagawaDepartment of Cardiology Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital Tokyo Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2588-3757
Yasutoshi NagataDepartment of Cardiology Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Tetsuo YamaguchiDepartment of Cardiology Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Takamasa IwaiDepartment of Cardiology Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Junji YamaguchiDepartment of Cardiology Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Sadahiro HijikataDepartment of Cardiology Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Keita WatanabeDepartment of Cardiology Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Ryo MasudaDepartment of Cardiology Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Ryoichi MiyazakiDepartment of Cardiology Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Naoyuki MiwaDepartment of Cardiology Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Masahiro SekigawaDepartment of Cardiology Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Nobuhiro HaraDepartment of Cardiology Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Toshihiro NozatoDepartment of Cardiology Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Kenzo HiraoDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Japan.
Musashino Red Cross Hospital · JPTokyo Medical and Dental University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOral anticoagulants, including direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), are usually required in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients who are at a high risk of thromboembolism (TE), even if they had undergone catheter ablation (CA). Although several studies have reported the safety and efficacy of DOACs around CA in AF patients, there are only limited data regarding the midterm incidence of TE and bleeding complications post-CA among AF patients treated with warfarin or DOACs.

methodsWe studied 629 AF patients (mean age: 65.3 ± 10.3 years; 442 men) undergoing CA, to calculate the midterm incidence of TE and bleeding complications associated with warfarin or DOACs.

resultsIn total, 292 patients used warfarin and 337 used DOACs (dabigatran: 90 patients; rivaroxaban: 137; and apixaban: 110). At baseline, the CHA2DS2-VASc and HAS-BLED scores were similar between the 2 groups. During a median follow-up period of 7 months, no TE complications occurred. The warfarin group had a significantly higher bleeding event rate than did the DOACs group (all bleeding complications: 32 [11.0%] vs 15 [4.5%], respectively,

conclusionsDirect oral anticoagulant use in AF patients undergoing CA may be associated with a similar risk of TE as warfarin but is associated with a lower risk of bleeding.

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atrial fibrillationcatheter ablationcomplicationdirect oral anticoagulantswarfarin

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PMID30167014
PMCPMC6111475
OpenAlexW2807053921

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