A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal
The optimal management of patients on oral anticoagulation undergoing coronary artery stenting The 10th Anniversary Overview
Authors: Andrea Rubboli, David P. Faxon, K. E. Juhani Airaksinen, Axel Schlitt, Francisco Marìn, Deepak L. Bhatt, Gregory Y. H. Lip
Publisher: SCHATTAUER GMBH-VERLAG MEDIZIN NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN
Publishing place: STUTTGART; HOLDERLINSTRASSE 3, D-70174 STUTTGART, GERMANY
Publication year: 2014
Journal: Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Journal name in source: Thrombosis and haemostasis
Journal acronym: Thromb.Haemost.
Volume: 112
Issue: 6
First page : 1080
Last page: 1087
Number of pages: 8
ISSN: 0340-6245
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1160/TH14-08-0681
Even 10 years after the first appearance in the literature of articles reporting on the management of patients on oral anticoagulation (OAC) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with stent (PCI-S), this issue is still controversial. Nonetheless, some guidance for the everyday management of this patient subset, accounting for about 5-8% of all patients referred for PCI-S, has been developed. In general, a period of triple therapy (TT) of OAC, with either vitamin K-antagonists (VKA) or non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOAC), aspirin, and clopidogrel is warranted, followed by the combination of OAC, and a single antiplatelet agent for up to 12 months, : and then OAC alone. The duration of the initial period of TT is dependent on the individual risk of thromboembolism, and bleeding, as well as the clinical context in which PCI-S is performed (elective vs acute coronary syndrome), and the type of stent implanted (bare-metal vs drug-eluting). In this article, we aim to provide a comprehensive, at-a-glance, overview of the management strategies, which are currently I suggested for the pen-procedural, medium-term, and long-term periods following PCI-S in OAC patients. While acknowledging that most of the evidence has been obtained from patients on OAC because of atrial fibrillation, and with warfarin being the most frequently used VKA, we refer in this overview to the whole population of OAC patients undergoing PCI-S. We refer to the whole population of patients on OAC undergoing PCI-S also when OAC is carried out with NOAC rather than VKA, pointing out, when appropriate, the particular management issues.