心脏门手术后的抗血栓治疗:英国当代实践
Nabila Laskar1, Christopher D Bayliss2, Bilal H Kirmani3
1Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, London, UK.
概括
在心脏门手术后使用抗血栓药物的做法在英国有很大差异. 需要更多的研究来建立最佳策略,以治疗术后使用口服抗凝剂和抗血小板剂.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 心血管外科心血管外科
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 最佳的抗血栓药物策略 生物假肢心脏门置换/修复后缺乏高质量的数据.
- 国际指导方针显示差异,反映了证据差距.
研究的目的:
- 在英国进行心脏门手术后记录当前的抗血栓药物处方模式.
- 评估口服抗凝剂 (OAC) 和抗血小板剂使用的变化.
主要方法:
- 一项调查被发送给英国的咨询心脏外科医生.
- 评估OAC和/或抗血小板药物的使用在生物修饰性大动脉/心心门置换或心心门修复后,在没有其他迹象的鼻节律患者中.
- 在心房动患者中,评估了心房膜修复后的抗凝剂选择.
主要成果:
- 外科医生的反应 (40%) 显示了不同的处方:生物假体大动脉替代有利于初始 (76%) 和终身 (53%) 抗血小板治疗.
- 生物假体中枢置换显示初始OAC (48%) 与抗血小板药物 (42%) 使用量几乎相同,大多数人随后处方终身抗血小板治疗.
- 中枢修复策略包括终身单抗血小板 (34%),3个月的OAC,其次是抗血小板 (20%),没有药物 (20%),或3个月的OAC (16%).
结论:
- 在英国心脏门手术后使用抗血栓药物存在相当大的差异.
- 由于缺乏高质量的证据,需要随机研究来指导临床实践.
- 需要基于证据的指导方针,用于心脏门干预后的抗血栓治疗.
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