Venous Thromboembolism and Renal Impairment: Insights from the SWIss Venous ThromboEmbolism Registry (SWIVTER)

David Spirk; Tim Sebastian; Martin Banyai; Jürg H. Beer; Lucia Mazzolai; Thomas Baldi; Drahomir Aujesky; Daniel Hayoz; Rolf P. Engelberger; Thomas Kaeslin; Wolfgang Korte; Robert Escher; Marc Husmann; Annette Mollet; Thomas D. Szucs; Nils Kucher

doi:10.1055/s-0039-1698770

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Semin Thromb Hemost 2019; 45(08): 851-858
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1698770

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Venous Thromboembolism and Renal Impairment: Insights from the SWIss Venous ThromboEmbolism Registry (SWIVTER)

Autor*innen

David Spirk

¹Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Tim Sebastian

²Clinic of Angiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Martin Banyai

²Clinic of Angiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Jürg H. Beer

³Department of Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Baden, Baden, Switzerland
Lucia Mazzolai

⁴Clinic of Angiology, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Thomas Baldi

⁵Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Drahomir Aujesky

⁶Division of General Internal Medicine, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
Daniel Hayoz

⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Fribourg, Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland
Rolf P. Engelberger

⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Fribourg, Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland
Thomas Kaeslin

⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Obwalden, Sarnen, Switzerland
Wolfgang Korte

⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Robert Escher

¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Regional Hospital Burgdorf, Burgdorf, Switzerland
Marc Husmann

²Clinic of Angiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Annette Mollet

¹¹European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Thomas D. Szucs

¹¹European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Nils Kucher

²Clinic of Angiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Abstract

Renal impairment (RI) has increased substantially over the last decades. In the absence of data from confirmatory research, real-life data on anticoagulation treatment and clinical outcomes of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with RI are needed. In the SWIss Venous ThromboEmbolism Registry (SWIVTER), 2,062 consecutive patients with objectively confirmed VTE were enrolled. In the present analysis, we compared characteristics, initial and maintenance anticoagulation, and adjusted 90-day clinical outcomes of those with (defined as estimated creatinine clearance < 30 mL/min) and without severe RI. Overall, 240 (12%) patients had severe RI; they were older, and more frequently had chronic and acute comorbidities. VTE severity was similar between patients with and without severe RI. Initial anticoagulation in patients with severe RI was more often performed with unfractionated heparin (44 vs. 24%), and less often with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) (52 vs. 61%) and direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs; 4 vs. 12%). Maintenance anticoagulation in patients with severe RI was more frequently managed with vitamin K antagonists (70 vs. 60%) and less frequently with DOAC (12 vs. 21%). Severe RI was associated with increased risk of 90-day mortality (9.2 vs. 4.2%, hazard ratio [HR]: 2.27, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.41–3.65), but with similar risk of recurrent VTE (3.3 vs. 2.8%, HR: 1.19, 95% CI: 0.57–2.52) and major bleeding (2.1 vs. 2.0%, HR: 1.05, 95% CI: 0.41–2.68). In patients with severe RI, the use of LMWH versus any other treatment was associated with reduced mortality (HR: 0.37; 95% CI: 0.14–0.94; p = 0.036) and similar rate of major bleeding (HR: 0.59, 95% CI: 0.17–2.00; p = 0.39). Acute or chronic comorbidities rather than VTE severity or recurrence may explain increased early mortality in patients with severe RI. The higher rate of VTE recurrence, specifically fatal events, than major bleeding reinforces the need for effective anticoagulation in VTE patients with severe RI.

Keywords

anticoagulation - mortality - renal impairment - venous thromboembolism

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