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Individual net clinical outcome with oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation using the ABC-AF risk scores.

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Hijazi, Z; Lindbäck, J; Oldgren, J; Benz, AP; Alexander, JH; Connolly, SJ; Eikelboom, JW; Granger, CB; Lopes, RD; Siegbahn, A; Wallentin, L
Published in: Am Heart J
July 2023

BACKGROUND: Decisions on stroke prevention strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) depend on the perceived risks of stroke and bleeding with different antithrombotic treatment strategies. The study objectives were to evaluate net clinical outcome with oral anticoagulation (OAC) for the individual patient with AF and to identify clinically relevant thresholds for OAC treatment. METHODS: Patients with AF receiving OAC treatment in the randomized ARISTOTLE and RE-LY trials, with available biomarkers for calculation of ABC-AF scores at baseline, were included (n = 23,121). Observed 1-year risk on OAC was compared with predicted 1-year risk if the same patients would not have received OAC using the ABC-AF scores calibrated for aspirin. Net clinical outcome was defined as the sum of stroke and major bleeding risks. RESULTS: The ratio between the 1-year incidence of major bleeding and stroke/systemic embolism events ranged from 1.4 to 10.6 according to different ABC-AF risk profiles. Net clinical outcome analyses showed that in patients with an ABC-AF-stroke risk >1% per year on OAC (>3% without OAC), treatment with OAC consistently provides larger net clinical benefit than no-OAC treatment. In patients with an ABC-AF-stroke risk <1.0% per year on OAC (<3% without OAC) an individualized balancing of risks regarding OAC or no-OAC treatment is needed. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with AF, the ABC-AF risk scores allow an individual and continuous estimate of the balance between benefits and risks with OAC treatment. This precision medicine tool therefore seems useful as decision support and visualizes the net clinical benefit or harm with OAC treatment (http://www.abc-score.com/abcaf/). CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00412984 (ARISTOTLE) and NCT00262600 (RE-LY).

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Am Heart J

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EISSN

1097-6744

Publication Date

July 2023

Volume

261

Start / End Page

55 / 63

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stroke
  • Risk Factors
  • Risk Assessment
  • Humans
  • Hemorrhage
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Anticoagulants
  • Administration, Oral
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
 

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Hijazi, Z., Lindbäck, J., Oldgren, J., Benz, A. P., Alexander, J. H., Connolly, S. J., … Wallentin, L. (2023). Individual net clinical outcome with oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation using the ABC-AF risk scores. Am Heart J, 261, 55–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2023.03.012
Hijazi, Ziad, Johan Lindbäck, Jonas Oldgren, Alexander P. Benz, John H. Alexander, Stuart J. Connolly, John W. Eikelboom, et al. “Individual net clinical outcome with oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation using the ABC-AF risk scores.Am Heart J 261 (July 2023): 55–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2023.03.012.
Hijazi Z, Lindbäck J, Oldgren J, Benz AP, Alexander JH, Connolly SJ, et al. Individual net clinical outcome with oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation using the ABC-AF risk scores. Am Heart J. 2023 Jul;261:55–63.
Hijazi, Ziad, et al. “Individual net clinical outcome with oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation using the ABC-AF risk scores.Am Heart J, vol. 261, July 2023, pp. 55–63. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2023.03.012.
Hijazi Z, Lindbäck J, Oldgren J, Benz AP, Alexander JH, Connolly SJ, Eikelboom JW, Granger CB, Lopes RD, Siegbahn A, Wallentin L. Individual net clinical outcome with oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation using the ABC-AF risk scores. Am Heart J. 2023 Jul;261:55–63.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am Heart J

DOI

EISSN

1097-6744

Publication Date

July 2023

Volume

261

Start / End Page

55 / 63

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stroke
  • Risk Factors
  • Risk Assessment
  • Humans
  • Hemorrhage
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Anticoagulants
  • Administration, Oral
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology