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. 2013 Apr 5;26(5):293–297. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1016/S0212-6567(00)78667-7

Profilaxis de la enfermedad tromboembólica en enfermos con cardiopatía

Thromboembolic disease prophylaxis in patients with heart disease

G Galindo 1,*, R Peiró 1, A Plana 1, MA Navarro 1, J Berdié 1, J Morató 1
PMCID: PMC7675812  PMID: 11100597

Abstract

Objective

To evaluate the adequation to thromboembolic disease prophylaxis protocol in patients with heart disease.

!Design

Cross-sectional study.

Subjects

Patients older than 14 years affected of heart disease in a semi-urban health primarycare clinic with a population of 10610 persons and 5582 clinical records.

Methods

Data about age, sex, cardiovascular risk factors, heart disease, prophylactic treatment and its adequation to the protocol of the «thromboembolic disease commission» of the reference hospital were analysed.

Results

Age 67 ± 13 years (mean ± SD). Cardiovascular risk factors: hypertension 40%, diabetes 33%, dislipemia 15%, smoking 21%. Heart disease: ischemic cardiopathy 48%, atrial fibrilation 15%, valvulopathy 19%, dilated myocardiopathy 4% and other 14%. In 20% of cases had two different affections (80% with atrial fibrillation). Prophylactic therapy: 52% of patients were under prophylactic treatment (35% antiaggregation, 18% anticoagulation). Among antiaggregants, drugs used were acetylsalicylic acid 73.5%, triflusal 14.7%, dipiridamol, 8.8% and ticlopidine 3%. In 53% of people without prophylactic treatment antiaggregation criteria were present. 15% of patient under antiaggregation therapy did not meet antiaggregation criteria, and 6% fulfilled anticoagulation criteria. 67% treatments accorded the reference protocol, without significant differences between kind of heart disease or sex. The only statistically significant difference was found in age: 46% of patients older than 80 year were correctly treated, in front 75% adequation in younger people.

Conclusion

Prophylactic antithrombotic therapy was according the reference protocol in 67% of cases. In older patients, with greater risk of thromboembolic disease, the adequation is worse.

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