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Safety and efficacy of switching anticoagulation to aspirin three months after successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.

Authors
 Jae-Sun Uhm  ;  Hoyoun Won  ;  Boyoung Joung  ;  Gi-Byoung Nam  ;  Kee-Joon Choi  ;  Moon-Hyoung Lee  ;  You-Ho Kim  ;  Hui-Nam Pak 
Citation
 YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL, Vol.55(5) : 1238-1245, 2014 
Journal Title
YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN
 0513-5796 
Issue Date
2014
MeSH
Aged ; Anticoagulants/therapeutic use* ; Aspirin/administration & dosage ; Aspirin/therapeutic use* ; Atrial Fibrillation/surgery* ; Catheter Ablation ; Female ; Hemorrhage/epidemiology ; Humans ; Kaplan-Meier Estimate ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Postoperative Complications/epidemiology ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Assessment ; Thromboembolism/epidemiology ; Treatment Outcome ; Warfarin/administration & dosage ; Warfarin/therapeutic use*
Keywords
Anticoagulation ; aspirin ; atrial fibrillation ; catheter ablation
Abstract
PURPOSE: Although current guidelines recommend continuing the same antithrombotic strategy regardless of rhythm control after radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) of atrial fibrillation (AF), anticoagulation has a risk of major bleeding. We evaluated the safety of switching warfarin to aspirin in patients with successful AF ablation.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Among 721 patients who underwent RFCA of AF, 608 patients (age, 57.3±10.9 years; 77.0% male, 75.5% paroxysmal AF) who had no evidence of AF recurrence at 3 months post-RFCA were included. We compared the thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events in patients for whom warfarin was switched to aspirin (ASA group; n=296) and patients who were kept on warfarin therapy (W group; n=312).
RESULTS: There were no significant differences in CHA₂DS₂-VASc or HAS-BLED scores between the groups. In 30 patients in the ASA group and 37 patients in W group, AF recurred and warfarin was restarted or maintained during the 18.0±12.2 months of follow-up. There were no significant differences in thromboembolic (0.3% vs. 1.0%, p=0.342) and major bleeding incidences (0.7% vs. 0.6%, p=0.958) between ASA and W groups during the follow-up period. In the 259 patients with a CHA₂DS₂-VASc score≥2, there were no significant differences in thromboembolism (0.8% and 2.2%, p=0.380) or major bleeding incidences (0.8% and 1.4%, p=0.640) between ASA and W groups.
CONCLUSION: Switching warfarin to aspirin 3 months after successful RFCA of AF could be as safe and efficacious as long-term anticoagulation even in patients with CHA₂DS₂-VASc score≥2. However, strict rhythm monitoring cannot be overemphasized.
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DOI
10.3349/ymj.2014.55.5.1238
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Pak, Hui Nam(박희남) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3256-3620
Uhm, Jae Sun(엄재선) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1611-8172
Won, Ho Youn(원호연)
Lee, Moon-Hyoung(이문형) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7268-0741
Joung, Bo Young(정보영) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9036-7225
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/99532
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