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ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2023

Direct oral anticoagulants vs. vitamin K antagonists in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Bidhan Bikram Shah, Abhirami Shankar, Vinesh Kumar, Sumeet Kumar, Umair Arshad Malik, Abdul Majeed, Vijay Kumar, Berkha, Suman, Sumeet Kumar and 3 more

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Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 8 institutions in 6 countries.

Bidhan Bikram ShahDepartment of Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu.
Abhirami ShankarDepartment of Internal Medicine, West Anaheim Medical Centre, Anaheim, CA.
Vinesh KumarDepartment of Medicine, Chandka Medical College, Larkana.
Sumeet KumarDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences.
Umair Arshad MalikDepartment of Medicine, Aga Khan Medical University.
Abdul MajeedDepartment of Medicine, Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry.
Vijay KumarDepartments of Internal Medicine.
BerkhaDepartment of Medicine, Peoples Medical College, Nawabshah, Pakistan.
SumanDepartment of Medicine, Chandka Medical College, Larkana.
Sumeet KumarMedicine, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Karachi.
Aadarsh NethaDepartment of Medicine, Melmaruvathur Adhiparasakthi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sonika SubediDepartment of Medicine, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur, Nepal.
Shoaib AhmedDepartment of Medicine, Kabul Medical University, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Chandka Medical College · PKLiaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences · PKAga Khan University · TZChitwan Medical College · NPInstitute of Medical Sciences · INKabul Medical University · AFKaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center · USKathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital · NP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optimal treatment regimen for patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) remain unclear. Therefore, the authors sought to compare the outcomes of vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) vs. direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in patients with APS. Methods: MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Central databases were searched for randomized controlled trials comparing efficacy and safety of VKAs and DOACs inhibitors in patients with APS. Recurrent thrombosis, all-cause mortality, stroke, adverse reactions, and bleeding were among outcomes of interest. Mantel-Haenszel weighted random-effects model was used to calculate relative risks (RRs) with 95% CIs. Results: The analysis included 625 patients from four randomized controlled trials and one post hoc analysis. Meta-analysis showed statistically non-significant difference between DOACs inhibitors and VKAs in the recurrent thrombosis risk (arterial or venous) [RR 2.77 (95%, CI 0.79, 9.65); Conclusion: DOACs exhibited increased risk of stroke among patients with APS. In addition, although not significant, the higher RRs among patients on DOACs may indicate higher risk of thrombotic events associated with DOACs.

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antiphospholipidbleedingDOACsrecurrent thrombosisVKA

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PMCPMC10328675
OpenAlexW4383709992

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