Javier Pérez-Copete , María Asunción Esteve-Pastor , Vanessa Roldán , Mariano Valdés , Francisco Marín
{"title":"Escalas de evaluación del riesgo tromboembólico y hemorrágico en la fibrilación auricular","authors":"Javier Pérez-Copete , María Asunción Esteve-Pastor , Vanessa Roldán , Mariano Valdés , Francisco Marín","doi":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30011-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30011-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Atrial fibrillation is the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia in the general population. Its presence increases the risk of thromboembolic events five-fold. Antithrombotic therapy reduces this risk, but increases the risk of bleeding, with intracranial bleeding being the most feared complication. However, the risk varies between patients and, as a result, various thromboembolic risk scores have been developed in recent years (e.g. the CHADS<sub>2</sub>, CHA<sub>2</sub>DS<sub>2</sub>-VASc and ATRIA scores). The CHA<sub>2</sub>DS<sub>2</sub>-VASc score is recommended by clinical practice guidelines to help optimize antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation. In addition, these guidelines also recommend that both thromboembolic risk and the risk of bleeding should be assessed. A number of risk models have been proposed for assessing the bleeding risk in these patients (e.g. the HEMORR<sub>2</sub>HAGES, HAS-BLED, ATRIA and ORBIT-AF scores), but currently the majority of guidelines recommend the HAS-BLED score. Above all, it is essential that the net clinical benefit of antithrombotic therapy is assessed: the expected benefit of anticoagulation therapy should outweigh the expected harm caused by possible bleeding. Nevertheless, the ability of both thromboembolic and bleeding risk scores to predict clinical events is only moderate. Consequently, alternative approaches, such as the use of biomarkers (e.g. D-dimer, von Willebrand factor and GDF-15), could help evaluate the thromboembolic risk in individual patients with atrial fibrillation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34926,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Cardiologia Suplementos","volume":"16 ","pages":"Pages 25-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30011-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56633720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tratamiento no farmacológico de la fibrilación auricular. Ablación, cardioversión eléctrica, marcapasos y cierre de la orejuela","authors":"Felipe Atienza , Ángel Moya","doi":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30013-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30013-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article provides an update on the nonpharmacological treatment of atrial fibrillation. First, the current status of ablation, including indications, techniques and outcomes, is reviewed. Second, the indications for electrical cardioversion, the precautions that have to be taken and the outcomes achievable are summarized. In addition, there is a discussion of the role of pacemakers for heart rate control in two groups of patients with atrial fibrillation: those with permanent atrial fibrillation and those in whom pharmacological control is difficult, such as patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation or bradycardia– tachycardia syndrome. Finally, an overview is presented of the devices currently used for left atrial appendage closure in patients with a high thromboembolic risk and a contraindication to oral anticoagulants.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34926,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Cardiologia Suplementos","volume":"16 ","pages":"Pages 40-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30013-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56633403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acceso a los anticoagulantes de acción directa en España","authors":"José Luis Segú","doi":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30016-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30016-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In Spain, new oral anticoagulants are used in fewer than 20% of patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. This is lower than the rate observed in comparable countries and lower than that expected given current official recommendations and given the number of patients known to lie outside the therapeutic range while taking vitamin-K antagonists. This article provides an overview of the possible causes of the apparently low use of new oral anticoagulants in Spain. A number of distinct barriers have been documented that affect individuals involved in treatment decision-making (i.e. patients and health-care professionals and payers). The most relevant explanatory factors appear to be resistance to change by patients and health-care professionals, prescription being restricted to particular specialists, and the variation in policies affecting access to drugs between different Spanish autonomous regions. The causative factor that appears to best explain differing access to new oral anticoagulants in the Spanish National Health System is the impact of these drugs on the health budget. In particular, difficulties have been created by the absence of a coherent common management framework that takes responsibility for both the decision to fund an innovative treatment and the budgetary implications of its use. The effectiveness of a particular type of therapy does not imply that it will be “possible” to fund it at any given time, given that it is always legitimate to limit its use if decision-making is transparent and based on clear criteria. However, keeping alive, mostly nonexistent, technical uncertainties does not help solve the problem and casts doubt on the credibility of the evaluation process.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34926,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Cardiologia Suplementos","volume":"16 ","pages":"Pages 55-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30016-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56633923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan José Gómez-Doblas , Miguel Antonio López-Garrido , Iris Esteve-Ruiz , Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias
{"title":"Epidemiología de la fibrilación auricular","authors":"Juan José Gómez-Doblas , Miguel Antonio López-Garrido , Iris Esteve-Ruiz , Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias","doi":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30007-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30007-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia in the general population. In Spain, the latest data suggest that the prevalence in people aged over 40 years could be greater than 4%. Both the prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation have increased substantially over time. Possible reasons for this rise are the aging of the population, an increase in the number of cardiovascular risk factors and better cardiovascular disease survival. In addition, the increased availability of improved diagnostic tools for detecting atrial fibrillation could have contributed. This article provides a review of the evidence available on the epidemiology of atrial fibrillation in Spain and other western countries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34926,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Cardiologia Suplementos","volume":"16 ","pages":"Pages 2-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30007-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56633348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tratamiento farmacológico de la fibrilación auricular. Antiarrítmicos y anticoagulantes orales","authors":"Juan Cosin-Sales , Juan José Olalla","doi":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30012-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30012-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The pharmacological treatment of atrial fibrillation is based on two fundamental approaches: stroke prevention using oral anticoagulants and control of the arrhythmia itself, primarily by heart rate or rhythm control. This review provides an overview of the main characteristics of each of the principal anticoagulants, from classical vitamin-K antagonists to the most recent direct anticoagulants. In addition, the different treatments used to control the heart rate are discussed, as are the various antiarrhythmic drugs used both to induce reversion to normal sinus rhythm and to maintain a normal rhythm once it has been achieved.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34926,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Cardiologia Suplementos","volume":"16 ","pages":"Pages 33-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30012-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56633773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Desarrollo clínico del edoxabán. Estudios en fase II","authors":"Manuel Almendro-Delia, Rafael Hidalgo-Urbano","doi":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30018-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30018-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Edoxaban is a direct inhibitor of factor Xa that has been evaluated for the prevention of cerebral and systemic thromboembolic events in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. A comprehensive program of phase-II studies has demonstrated that administration of a dose of 30 or 60 mg once a day rather than twice daily is associated with fewer hemorrhagic events than warfarin. The dose should be lower in certain conditions (e.g. patients with moderate renal impairment or a body weight ≤60 kg and those taking P-glycoprotein inhibitors) in order to reduce the risk of hemorrhagic complications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34926,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Cardiologia Suplementos","volume":"16 ","pages":"Pages 67-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30018-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56634110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mecanismos electrofisiológicos y diagnóstico de la fibrilación auricular","authors":"Jose Luis Merino","doi":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30009-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30009-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite being the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and despite having been first described over 100 years ago, atrial fibrillation is, like ventricular fibrillation, virtually the only arrhythmia whose mechanism is still unknown. This lack of knowledge has profound clinical implications and is not just of academic interest. Firstly, lack of knowledge means that the diagnosis of atrial fibrillation is still based on ECG findings, which can often give rise to doubts about the diagnosis, with both surface ECGs and intracardiac electrophysiological studies. Moreover, lack of knowledge about the underlying mechanism also hampers the development of both better-targeted pharmacological and invasive therapies and preventive measures that can avert, or at least delay, the onset of atrial fibrillation. This article provides a review of the most widely accepted theories about the mechanism underlying this arrhythmia, such as the multiple coexisting functional re-entry circuits theory and the mother rotor theory. In addition, the article examines factors that could influence the condition, such as atrial remodeling, atrial fibrosis and scarring, and the critical atrial mass, and considers the role of the pulmonary veins and the evidence supporting a link with re-entry. Diagnostic criteria for this arrhythmia, its classification and recommended diagnostic investigations are also discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34926,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Cardiologia Suplementos","volume":"16 ","pages":"Pages 12-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30009-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56633578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La fibrilación auricular en las guías de práctica clínica","authors":"José Luis Zamorano","doi":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30015-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30015-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article provides a brief comparison of the different clinical practice guidelines available on the treatment of atrial fibrillation, with an emphasis on the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology and the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association. Points of agreement, and areas of where there are discrepancies, between the guidelines are identified, particularly with reference to strategies for preventing thromboembolic complications. In addition, some features of the new European Society of Cardiology guideline are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34926,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Cardiologia Suplementos","volume":"16 ","pages":"Pages 52-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30015-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56633901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Etiología y prevención de la fibrilación auricular","authors":"Domingo Marzal Martín , Luis Rodríguez Padial","doi":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30008-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30008-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Atrial fibrillation, one of the most common cardiac arrhythmias, usually appears in clinical conditions that either cause atrial dilation, increase interatrial pressure or affect the atrial walls. Such conditions can occur with some inflammatory processes. This article provides a review of the principal factors associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation – factors that are closely linked to current strategies for preventing the arrhythmia.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34926,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Cardiologia Suplementos","volume":"16 ","pages":"Pages 8-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1131-3587(16)30008-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56633448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}