Abstract
Octogenarian patients are at high risk of both ischaemic and bleeding events, and the low body weight is considered a risk factor for major bleeding in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients on anticoagulation therapy. The aim of our study was to compare the safety and effectiveness of NOACs versus well-controlled VKA therapy among patients aged>80year with AF and low body weight in real-life setting. Data for this study were sourced from the multicenter prospectively maintained Atrial Fibrillation Research Database (NCT03760874). From this, we selected AF patients aged≥80years and weighted≤60kg who received NOACs or VKAs treatment (only those with a time in therapeutic range>70%). 279 patients (136 in NOAC group and 143 in VKA group) were selected. A total of 71 patients (17 in NOAC vs 54 in VKA group) died during the follow-up. The incidence rate of all-cause mortality was 27.70 per 100 person-years (14.91 in NOAC vs 37.94 in VKA group, adjusted hazard ratio 0.43; 95% CI 0.25 to 0.975; P=.003). 22 patients (9 in NOAC vs 13 in VKA group, P=.6) had major bleeding events. Diabetes mellitus, COPD and age resulted positively associated with death, whereas NOACs, parossistic AF and weight negatively associated with mortality. Our real-world data might suggest the safe and efficacy use of NOACs in this setting of population, justified by a reduction in overall mortality over VKAs. Further studies are needed to confirm these data.
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