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Study objective is to determine whether there is an association between genetic variant risk scores and clinical outcomes (percent time in therapeutic range, time to reach therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR), INR ≥ 4, bleeding event, ischemic stroke, death) in participants taking warfarin for atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), and/or intracardiac thrombosis.
The objective of the "anticoagchoice" study is to analyze the preferences of people suffering from phlebitis, in terms of anticoagulant, to improve adherence to these treatments, to adapt the medical prescriptions.
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated to high mortality rate worldwide. However, the diagnosis of PE often results inaccurate. Many cases of PE are incorrectly diagnosed or missed and they are often associated to sudden unexpected death (SUD). In forensic practice, it is important to establish the time of thrombus formation in order to determine the precise moment of death. The autopsy remains the gold standard method for the identification of death cause allowing the determination of discrepancies between clinical and autopsy diagnoses. The aim of our study will be to verify the morphological and histological criteria of fatal cases of PE and evaluate the dating of thrombus formation considering 5 ranges of time. METHODS: Pulmonary vessels sections will be collected from January 2010 to December 2017. Sections of thrombus sampling will be stained with hematoxylin and eosin. The content of infiltrated cells, fibroblasts and collagen fibers will be scored using a semi-quantitative three-point scale of range values. Hypothesis: After a macroscopic observation and a good sampling traditional histology, it will be important to identify the time of thrombus formation. We will identify histologically a range of time in the physiopathology of the thrombus (early, recent, recent-medium, medium, old), allowing to determine the dating of thrombus formation and the exact time of death.
This study is planned to collect prospective data and evaluate the safety and effectiveness of rivaroxaban for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in Indian patients with NVAF when used in clinical practice under real-life conditions. The study will be conducted in routine clinical practice settings. Approximately 1000 patients from India will be enrolled in this study. Patients will be observed for maximum period of 12 months after the start of Xarelto treatment or until it is no longer possible (e.g. lost to follow-up, death, withdrawal) before the end of the observation period. The decision by the investigator to start with of Xarelto must be independent of the inclusion of a patient to the study.
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a pulmonary vascular disease that seriously endangers human health. It has the characteristics of high morbidity, high mortality, high misdiagnosis rate and low detection rate. The mortality rate in March is about 10%. The high-risk and high-risk PE mortality rate is greater than 15%. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a serious sequelae after PE, with a poor prognosis and expensive treatment. Systemic thrombolysis is the preferred treatment for acute high-risk pulmonary embolism, which can reduce mortality, but the incidence of major bleeding is increased by 5 times and hemorrhagic stroke is increased by 10 times. Recent studies have concluded that interventional therapy is a viable approach with a high success rate, effective improvement of clinical outcomes, and minimization of major bleeding risks. However, there is no good prospective study of interventional therapy compared with systemic thrombolytic therapy. This study was enrolled in the diagnosis of high-risk and high-risk PE patients, randomized to the system of thrombolytic therapy or interventional therapy (including pulmonary artery catheter contact thrombolysis, catheter thrombectomy, thrombus aspiration and mechanical thrombectomy, etc.) Symptoms improved during surgery, right heart condition, mortality and complications, and were followed up to December to observe PE recurrence CETPH, survival and cardiopulmonary function. In order to provide new evidence for the treatment of fatal pulmonary embolism.
Ongoing registration of patients with venous thromboembolism treated by means of antithrombotic therapy, thrombolisys, open surgery, endovenous desobstruction and stenting.
Pulmonary embolism (PE) can be a devastating postoperative complication and the leading cause of mortality after thoracic surgery. PE together with deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is called venous thromboembolism (VTE), whereas PE caused much more serious situation than DVT. Huge amount of data have demonstrated that thromboprophylaxis after surgery is very important to prevent postoperative VTE, especially after orthopedic surgery and plaster surgery. Moreover, for thoracic surgery, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) has published prevention guidelines of VTE in non-orthopedic surgical patients and has been used widely, but unfortunately prophylaxis measures had often been underused in China. However, to be honest, there could be a big difference between Chinese and western populations, for example, what guidelines recommended thrombolysis therapy in diagnosed massive or sub-massive PE patients is tissue type plasminogen activator (t-PA) 100 mg, while in China 50 mg has the same effect. So investigators wanted to establish if the prophylaxis measures what they were using currently are suitable for Chinese thoracic surgical patients.
BETULA trial will compare the efficacy of low dose catheter directed thrombolysis (CDT) to unfractioned heparin (UFH) in patients with intermediary-high risk pulmonary embolism (PE). Patients (n=60) with acute intermediary-high risk PE will be randomized 1:1 to UFH (bolus 80 international units per kilo (IU/kg)) followed by 18 IU/kg/hour until activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) is 2-2.5 of reference value) or CDT (4mg alteplase (r-tPA) per catheter, infusion over 2 hours) in an open label, outcome assessor blinded, randomized, controlled trial. Primary efficacy endpoint is improvement in right-/left ventricular ratio 24 hours after randomization. Secondary endpoints are 30 days mortality, recurrent PE, length of hospital stay and reduction in thrombus burden evaluated by pulmonary CT angio. Safety endpoints are minor and major bleedings.
As of today, no suitable multiparametric predictive method is available to properly estimate stroke risk in patients with carotid artery stenosis. Carotid artery stenosis is one of the proven risk factors of stroke incidence, but the indication of its intervention is merely the grade of stenosis itself. The current international guidelines suggest intervention for asymptomatic patients only with potentially high risk plaques but pharmacological treatment is advised to low risk patients. Unfortunately there is no proven and widely accepted system to distinguish these two categories of patients with carotid artery stenosis. In this project the following parameters will be assessed both in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients: 1, preoperative stroke risk prediction based on comparative analysis of CT angiography (CTA) results of plaque morphology and ultrasound (US) based plaque elastography analysis, 2) intracranial bloodflow will be measured by transcranial Doppler sonography(TCD), 3) presence recent of silent brain ischemia on diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) MR (magnetic resonance), 4) retinal perfusion measurement by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT). The investigators aim to establish a clinically meaningful and more accurate (than stenosis grade) stroke risk prediction algorithm for asymptomatic carotid stenosis patients based on these parameters.