Publication Date
10-1-2024
Journal
ESC Heart Failure
DOI
10.1002/ehf2.14816
PMID
38725133
PMCID
PMC11424350
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
5-9-2024
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Published Open-Access
yes
Keywords
Humans, Heparin, Male, Female, Partial Thromboplastin Time, Middle Aged, Anticoagulants, Prospective Studies, Heart-Assist Devices, Blood Coagulation, Heart Failure, Aged, Drug Monitoring, Factor Xa Inhibitors, Anti‐factor Xa, Drug monitoring, Heparin anticoagulation, Partial thromboplastin time, Ventricular assist device
Abstract
AIMS: It is unclear whether activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) or anti-Xa is more accurate for monitoring heparin anticoagulation in mechanical circulatory support (MCS) patients. This study investigates the relationship between aPTT and anti-Xa in MCS patients and identifies predictors of discordance.
METHODS AND RESULTS: aPTT and anti-Xa were simultaneously measured in a prospective cohort of MCS patients receiving unfractionated heparin at a tertiary academic medical centre. Therapeutic aPTT and anti-Xa levels were 60-100 s and 0.3-0.7 IU/mL, respectively, and concordance was defined as both levels being subtherapeutic, therapeutic, or supratherapeutic. To identify predictors of discordance, both a machine learning random forest model and a multivariate regression model were applied to patient demographics, device type, and 14 laboratory variables; 23 001 pairs of simultaneously measured aPTT/anti-Xa were collected from 699 MCS patients. aPTT and anti-Xa were concordant in 35.5% of paired observations and discordant in 64.5% (aPTT > antiXa 61.5%; aPTT < antiXa 3.0%). Discordance with a high aPTT relative to anti-Xa (aPTT > antiXa) was associated with high INR, eGFR, and total bilirubin, as well as low platelets, haemoglobin, pre-albumin, white blood cell count, and haptoglobin. Total artificial heart and durable ventricular assist devices were more likely to be associated with aPTT > anti-Xa than temporary MCS devices.
CONCLUSIONS: aPTT and anti-Xa were frequently discordant in MCS patients receiving heparin anticoagulation. Clinical conditions common in MCS patients such as concurrent warfarin use, malnutrition, haemolysis, and thrombocytopenia, as well as durable type of MCS devices were associated with a high aPTT relative to anti-Xa.
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