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Safety of Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy After Myocardial Infarction Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.

Rymer JA, Kaltenbach LA, Doll JA, Messenger JC, Peterson ED, Wang TY. Safety of Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy After Myocardial Infarction Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2019 May 21; 8(10):e012236.

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Abstract:

Background Although recommended in the guidelines, the safety of chronic P2Y inhibitor therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease ( CKD ) after an acute myocardial infarction ( MI ) is not well studied. Methods and Results The TRANSLATE -ACS (Treatment with ADP Inhibitors: Longitudinal Assessment of Treatment Patterns and Events After Acute Coronary Syndrome) study included 11 108 MI patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention and discharged alive on a P2Y inhibitor from 233 US hospitals. We compared rates of GUSTO (Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Arteries) severe/moderate bleeding and premature discontinuation of P2Y inhibitor by 1 year after MI among patients with varying CKD severity. The majority of MI patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention had CKD : 42% had stage 2 (mild), 27% had stage 3 (moderate), and 4% had stage = 4 (severe/end stage). Higher potency P2Y inhibitors (prasugrel or ticagrelor) were prescribed at discharge in 39%, 35%, 23%, and 15% ( P < 0.01) of patients with stages 1, 2, 3, and = 4, respectively. One-year GUSTO severe/moderate bleeding rates were higher with each stage of CKD : 1% in patients with CKD stage 1 or no CKD , 2% with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.61 (95% CI, 1.05-2.35) for CKD stage 2, 4% with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.92 (95% CI, 1.21-3.02) for CKD stage 3, and 10% with an adjusted hazard ratio of 2.44 (95% CI, 1.40-4.23) for patients with CKD stage = 4. By 1 year after MI , 16% of patients overall had prematurely discontinued P2Y inhibitor therapy; however, this rate was not largely affected by CKD stage. Premature P2Y inhibitor-discontinuation rates were higher for patients discharged on higher potency P2Y inhibitors in patients with CKD stage = 2 ( P < 0.01). Conclusions CKD severity was associated with a higher bleeding risk among those with acute MI treated with a P2Y inhibitor. Patients with more advanced CKD were not significantly more likely than those with less advance CKD to prematurely discontinue P2Y inhibitor therapy.





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