Anticoagulant

In this video, Iberia Romina Sosa, MD, PhD, discusses the results of a study presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exhibition, which examined Factor V Leiden and prothrombin mutation and the risk for venous thromboembolism.

Data from two prospective population-based Swedish cohorts linked high intake of added sugar from sweetened beverages to an elevated risk for CVD, Researchers observed no such link between elevated risk for CVD and moderate intake from treats such as pastries and ice cream.

Anticoagulants are one of the most commonly prescribed medication classes, and the utilization of these agents is on the rise.

Patients with giant cell arteritis who use anticoagulants demonstrate lower risks for vision loss, stroke and other cranial ischemic complications, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

PHILADELPHIA — The AIMS65 risk score may help predict which patients with direct oral anticoagulant-associated gastrointestinal bleeding are at heightened risk for rebleeding and death, according to late-breaking data.

Halting oral anticoagulation during transcatheter aortic valve replacement was not noninferior to anticoagulant continuation, but conferred lower bleeding risk and had no impact on thromboembolic risk, a speaker reported.

SEATTLE — Results presented here showed older patients who are taking direct oral anticoagulants may experience worse clinical outcomes after delayed hip fracture surgery vs. those who are treated early.

Switching older patients with frailty syndrome and atrial fibrillation to a non-vitamin K antagonist from their old blood thinner caused significant bleeding risk and no greater protection from stroke, a speaker reported.

Most patients with a new atrial fibrillation diagnosis and an elevated CHA2DS2-VASc score are not prescribed an oral anticoagulant with the first 6 months, contradictory to current guidelines for AF management, researchers reported.