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ArticleJournal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH2022

Intravascular hemolysis and multitreatment predict thrombosis in patients with autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

Bruno Fattizzo, Marta Bortolotti, Juri Alessandro Giannotta, Anna Zaninoni, Dario Consonni, Wilma Barcellini

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Article in Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bruno FattizzoFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - Haematology Unit, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0857-8379
Marta BortolottiFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - Haematology Unit, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5147-970X
Juri Alessandro GiannottaFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - Haematology Unit, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9349-1627
Anna ZaninoniFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - Haematology Unit, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8614-3904
Dario ConsonniFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - Epidemiology Unit, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8935-3843
Wilma BarcelliniFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - Haematology Unit, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1428-9944
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThrombosis may complicate autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), but its predictors are still lacking, and no clear-cut indications for anticoagulant prophylaxis are available.

objectivesTo characterize frequency and severity of thromboses in AIHA patients and identify risk factors for thrombosis that may advise primary anticoagulant prophylaxis. PATIENTS/

methodsA total of 287 consecutive AIHA patients diagnosed and followed from 1978 at a tertiary Italian center were retrospectively studied; 174 of them were prospectively evaluated from January 2020 until December 2021. AIHA relapse, thrombosis occurrence, and primary anticoagulant prophylaxis were evaluated.

resultsThirty-three AIHA patients (11.4%) experienced thrombosis, 70% of whom hospitalized. The cumulative thrombosis incidence was higher in patients with lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) ≥ 1.5 (hazard ratio [HR] 3.22), in those experiencing infections (HR 3.57), receiving transfusions (HR 3.06), rituximab (HR 3.3), or cyclophosphamide (HR 2.67). By multivariable analysis, LDH, transfusions, rituximab, and cyclophosphamide treatment emerged as independent factors associated with thrombosis. Among 174 patients prospectively followed in the past 2 years, we observed 70 acute hemolytic episodes in 45 patients; 33/45 displayed LDH ≥1.5 × upper limit of normal, and 17 received anticoagulant prophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin for a median of 70 days (30-300). In those receiving prophylaxis no thrombotic complications occurred, whereas five thrombotic episodes were registered in the remaining 16 cases.

conclusionsThrombosis was observed in about 11% of AIHA patients, mainly grade 3, and associated with intravascular hemolysis, need of transfusions, multitreatment, and infections, advising primary anticoagulant prophylaxis in these settings.

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Anemia, Hemolytic, AutoimmuneThrombosisAnticoagulantsCyclophosphamideHemolysisHumansRetrospective StudiesRituximabAnticoagulantsCyclophosphamideRituximabanticoagulant prophylaxisautoimmune hemolytic anemiaintravascular hemolysismulti-treatmentthrombosis

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