Operations in the internal carotid artery in patients with atrial fibrillation with using dabigatran etexilate

International Conference on Heart Congress, Vascular Biology and Surgeon’s Meeting

December 04-05, 2017 Dallas, USA

Alexandr Korotkikh

Regional clinical hospital & Far Eastern State Medical University Russian Federation

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Clin Cardiol J

Abstract :

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of dabigatran etexilate in patients with atrial fibrillation who underwent operative treatment at the ICA. Materials and Methods: From Sept 1, 2015 to Dec 27, 2016, in the Department of Vascular Surgery and Cardiology was performed 694 operations on the ICA. Of these 94 (13,5%), surgery patients with atrial fibrillation. The average age of patients in the main group 68,5 �?�?�?± 8,5 years, the control group - 65,0 �?�?�?± 10,2 years. The comparison groups significantly differed in the following characteristics: postinfarction cardiosclerosis in the anamnesis of the main group 25,5%, control �?¢�?�?�?�? 15,0% (P-value �?¢�?�?�?�? 0,015); NYHA functional class I, main group 16,0%, control �?¢�?�?�?�? 31,0 % (P-value 0,002); NYHA functional class III, 18.1%, control 4.8% (P-value 0.00028); diabetes mellitus main group 28.7%, controls 18,2% (P-value 0,024). All patients with atrial fibrillation for 5-7 days before surgery, warfarin was canceled and dabigatran etexilate was administered at a dose of 150 mg 2 times a day. When optimal numbers of INRs were reached, surgery was performed. Operational criteria and the results were evaluated in the endpoint - �?¢�?�?�?�?stroke + lethality.�?¢�?�?�? Results and Discussion: Total completed 84 CEA and CAS 10. The average time of operations of the main group 44,5 �?�?�?± 17,1 min, control group - 40,7 �?�?�?± 9,5 min, P-value <0,05. The average time of occlusion of ICA at CEA in the main group was 13,7 �?�?�?± 6,1 min, in the control group 13,1 �?�?�?± 1,8 min, P-value> 0,05. In patients with atrial fibrillation surgery performed significantly longer, but the time of the main stage - clamping ICA, were not significantly different. Consequently, an increase in the time of surgery is associated with a longer hemostasis at the stage of allotment of the ICA and/or after removal of the clamps off the arteries. In the early postoperative period, extensive hematomas in the postoperative areas and sites of arterial puncture were not noted. Indicator �?¢�?�?�?�?stroke + lethality�?¢�?�?�? inobservation group was 0%. Conclusions: CEA and CAS in patients with atrial fibrillation receiving dabigatran etexilate are effective and safe. When performing CEA, additional time is required for more thorough hemostasis.