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ArticleReproductive medicine and biology

Impact of heparin-aspirin therapy in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss characterized by thrombophilia resistant to low-dose aspirin therapy: A retrospective study.

Tomoko Ichikawa, Takami Watanabe, Yumene Kubota, Shigeru Matsuda, Daisuke Shigemi, Sayuri Kasano, Ryoko Yokote, Mirei Yonezawa, Nozomi Ouchi, Yasuyuki Negishi and 3 more

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Tomoko IchikawaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9563-2358
Takami WatanabeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.
Yumene KubotaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.
Shigeru MatsudaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4075-9690
Daisuke ShigemiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.
Sayuri KasanoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.
Ryoko YokoteDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.
Mirei YonezawaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.
Nozomi OuchiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.
Yasuyuki NegishiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4974-1574
Yoshimitsu KuwabaraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1622-4063
Toshiyuki TakeshitaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.
Shunji SuzukiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Heparin and aspirin (HA) therapy is used for antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)-associated recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). Low-dose aspirin (LDA) is recommended for thrombophilic predispositions, such as antiphospholipid antibodies that do not completely meet the Sydney classification criteria for APS, protein S deficiency, factor XII deficiency and increased platelet aggregation. However, no established strategy exists for cases where LDA is ineffective. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the characteristics of RPL cases unresponsive to LDA and to determine whether HA is more effective than LDA in such cases. Methods: A total of 913 LDA-treated pregnancies were categorized into live births and miscarriages, and their characteristics were retrospectively analyzed. Results: The live birth rates following one, two, or three or more LDA therapies were 78.5%, 61.5% and 16.7%, respectively. Live birth rates were significantly lower when lupus anticoagulant (LAC) aPTT was positive but did not qualify as obstetric APS following LDA therapy (birth rates: 33.3%, Conclusions: HA therapy is recommended over repeated LDA treatment, particularly when LAC aPTT is positive but does not qualify as obstetric APS.

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aspirinheparinlupus anticoagulant (LAC)recurrent pregnancy lossthrombophilia predispositions

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PMCPMC11938296

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