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<journal-id>1688-0420</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Uruguaya de Cardiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Urug.Cardiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1688-0420</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Uruguaya de Cardiología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1688-04202015000300016</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Anticoagulación en los pacientes añosos con fibrilación auricular]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Anticoagulation in the elderly patient with atrial fibrillation]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[McLeod]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Christopher J]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Gersh]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Bernard J]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Clínica Mayo División de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares Servicios de Arritmias]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Rochester Minnesota]]></addr-line>
<country>Estados Unidos</country>
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<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<volume>30</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>385</fpage>
<lpage>396</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1688-04202015000300016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1688-04202015000300016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1688-04202015000300016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[El aumento de la edad se destaca como uno de los factores de riesgo más potentes para la aparición de un accidente cerebrovascular en un paciente con fibrilación auricular (FA). Con el aumento constante de la edad de la población mundial se plantean muchas interrogantes acerca de la estrategia óptima para anticoagular al paciente añoso, y a menudo se presentan dilemas sumamente complejos. Este grupo de pacientes tiene un mayor riesgo de sangrado vinculado a la presencia de múltiples comorbilidades, por la frecuencia de las caídas y la polifarmacia -en especial por los antiplaquetarios-. La mayor sensibilidad del paciente añoso a la warfarina, junto con la mayor frecuencia con la que sufren sangrado intracraneano, hacen que los nuevos anticoagulantes orales constituyan una alternativa atractiva en ciertos subgrupos seleccionados. Esta revisión intenta contextualizar el problema, brindando un enfoque práctico y equilibrado para manejar el ineludible aprieto de sopesar la posibilidad de sangrado contra el accidente cerebrovascular tromboembólico en este grupo de alto riesgo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Increasing age stands out as one of the most powerful risk factors for stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. With the steadily increasing age of the global population, questions regarding the optimal anticoagulation strategy in the elderly are pervasive and often present highly complex clinical dilemmas. This group of patients is at increased risk of bleeding related to multiple other comorbidities, higher rates of falling, and polypharmacy -especially the anti-platelet agents. The elderly patient is more sensitive to warfarin, and coupled with higher rates of intracranial bleeding, the newer anticoagulants present an attractive alternative in selected subgroups. This review is aimed at contextualizing the problem, and providing a practical, balanced approach to managing the inescapable predicament of bleeding versus thromboembolic stroke in this high-risk group.]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <div class="Section1">      <p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Candara; ">FIBRILACI&Oacute;N <span style="">&nbsp;</span>AURICULAR&nbsp;</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "> </span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Art&iacute;culo de revisi&oacute;n</span><o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b style=""> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Anticoagulaci&oacute;n en los pacientes    a&ntilde;osos con fibrilaci&oacute;n auricular&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="EN-US">Christopher J. McLeod, MBChB, PhD    <br>    Bernard J. Gersh, MBChB, DPhil&nbsp; </span> <o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Servicios de Arritmias, Divisi&oacute;n de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Cl&iacute;nica Mayo. Rochester, Minnesota, Estados Unidos.</span><o:p></o:p></p>         ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Correspondencia: Christopher J. McLeod. Correo electr&oacute;nico: </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"> <a href="mcleod.christopher@mayo.edu">mcleod.christopher@mayo.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Resumen&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">El aumento de la edad se destaca como uno de los factores de riesgo m&aacute;s potentes para la aparici&oacute;n de un accidente cerebrovascular en un paciente con fibrilaci&oacute;n auricular (FA). Con el aumento constante de la edad de la poblaci&oacute;n mundial se plantean muchas interrogantes acerca de la estrategia &oacute;ptima para anticoagular al paciente a&ntilde;oso, y a menudo se presentan dilemas sumamente complejos. Este grupo de pacientes tiene un mayor riesgo de sangrado vinculado a la presencia de m&uacute;ltiples comorbilidades, por la frecuencia de las ca&iacute;das y la polifarmacia &ndash;en especial por los antiplaquetarios&ndash;. La mayor sensibilidad del paciente a&ntilde;oso a la warfarina, junto con la mayor frecuencia con la que sufren sangrado intracraneano, hacen que los nuevos anticoagulantes orales constituyan una alternativa atractiva en ciertos subgrupos seleccionados. Esta revisi&oacute;n intenta contextualizar el problema, brindando un enfoque pr&aacute;ctico y equilibrado para manejar el ineludible aprieto de sopesar la posibilidad de sangrado contra el accidente cerebrovascular tromboemb&oacute;lico en este grupo de alto riesgo.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>     <small><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Palabras clave:</span></small><br style="font-family: Verdana;">       <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Verdana;">FIBRILACI&Oacute;N ATRIAL</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;">   <span style="font-family: Verdana;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ANTICOAGULANTES</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;">    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ANCIANO&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>   <b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="EN-US">Anticoagulation in the elderly patient with atrial fibrillation</span></b>     <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(78, 75, 74);" lang="EN-US">  <multicol gutter="18" cols="2"></multicol><o:p></o:p></span></p>            <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="EN-US">Summary&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="EN-US">Increasing age stands out as one of the most powerful risk factors for stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. With the steadily increasing age of the global population, questions regarding the optimal anticoagulation strategy in the elderly are pervasive and often present highly complex clinical dilemmas. This group of patients is at increased risk of bleeding related to multiple other comorbidities, higher rates of falling, and polypharmacy &ndash;especially the anti-platelet agents. The elderly patient is more sensitive to warfarin, and coupled with higher rates of intracranial bleeding, the newer anticoagulants present an attractive alternative in selected subgroups. This review is aimed at contextualizing the problem, and providing a practical, balanced approach to managing the inescapable predicament of bleeding versus thromboembolic stroke in this high-risk group.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="EN-US">Key words:    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<br>    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ATRIAL FIBRILLATION    <br>    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ANTICOAGULANTS    <br>    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AGED</span><o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>     <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">La FA es la arritmia sostenida m&aacute;s frecuente en la pr&aacute;ctica cl&iacute;nica, siendo m&aacute;s com&uacute;n en el individuo a&ntilde;oso (&gt;75 a&ntilde;os). Este sector de la poblaci&oacute;n est&aacute; creciendo r&aacute;pidamente a medida que las sociedades en el mundo siguen envejeciendo y el alcance del problema es enorme, ya que afecta a m&aacute;s del 10% de todos los pacientes mayores de 80 <span class="GramE">a&ntilde;os<sup><a name="-1"></a><a name="-2"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#1">1</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#2">2</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Asimismo, la incidencia y la prevalencia de la FA tambi&eacute;n siguen creciendo, y no hay indicios de que la epidemia de FA haya llegado a su <span class="GramE">meseta<sup><a name="-3"></a><a name="-4"></a><a name="-5"></a><a name="-6"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#3">3-6</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Concomitantemente, los factores de riesgo para accidente cerebrovascular parecen estar siguiendo una tendencia de crecimiento <span class="GramE">paralela<sup><a name="-7"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#7">7</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "> &ndash;obesidad, diabetes tipo 2, hipertensi&oacute;n y apnea obstructiva del sue&ntilde;o&ndash; y es probable que haya una relaci&oacute;n causal (</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#fig_1">figura 1</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">).    <br>       <br>   <a name="fig_1"></a><img style="width: 340px; height: 678px;" alt="" src="/img/revistas/ruc/v30n3/3a16f1.JPG">    <br>   </span>    <br>   <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Se piensa que casi la mitad de todos los accidentes cerebrovasculares tromboemb&oacute;licos en Estados Unidos son provocados por la FA, y es probable que esta tasa sea similar en los pa&iacute;ses <span class="GramE">desarrollados<sup><a name="-8"></a><a name="-9"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#8">8</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#9">9</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Solo la presencia de FA en este grupo etario quintuplica el riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular, aun cuando en este grupo de pacientes frecuentemente coexistan otros factores de riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular como diabetes, insuficiencia card&iacute;aca, hipertensi&oacute;n y <span class="GramE">vasculopat&iacute;as<sup><a name="-10"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#10">10</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">) </span>  </sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>El problema principal es que los mismos factores de riesgo (y especialmente la propia edad avanzada) que aumentan el riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular tambi&eacute;n aumentan el riesgo de <span class="GramE">hemorragia<sup><a name="-11"></a><a name="-12"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#11">11</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#12">12</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>Y, tal vez, una ilustraci&oacute;n de la verdadera dificultad para resolver este dilema en particular est&aacute; reflejada en la constataci&oacute;n de la importante subutilizaci&oacute;n de la anticoagulaci&oacute;n en el sujeto a&ntilde;oso, en quien la anticoagulaci&oacute;n est&aacute; recomendada y en quien se sabe que se ven los mayores beneficios (</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#fig_2">figura 2</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">).    <br>       <br>   </span>   <o:p></o:p>      ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><o:p><a name="fig_2"></a><img style="width: 572px; height: 423px;" alt="" src="/img/revistas/ruc/v30n3/3a16f2.JPG">&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Reiterados estudios han demostrado que aproximadamente a la mitad de los sujetos mayores de 75 a&ntilde;os con FA y antecedentes de tromboembolismo cerebral se les indic&oacute; <span class="GramE">warfarina<sup><a name="-13"></a><a name="-14"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#13">13</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#14">14</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>La indicaci&oacute;n de aspirina como monoterapia parece ser frecuente en este grupo, y es preocupante, ya que parece estar asociada con un aumento del riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular en el individuo <span class="GramE">mayor<sup><a name="-15"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#15">15</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>Es importante destacar que la percepci&oacute;n equivocada de que la aspirina es un agente eficaz probablemente contribuya a la subutilizaci&oacute;n de la anticoagulaci&oacute;n en esta <span class="GramE">poblaci&oacute;n<sup><a name="-16"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#16">16</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Edad avanzada y accidente cerebrovascular&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Es probable que la fisiopatolog&iacute;a, que constituye la base para la aparici&oacute;n del trombo y el accidente cerebrovascular cardioemb&oacute;lico en el anciano, sea similar a la observada en otros grupos etarios y comprende m&uacute;ltiples factores de riesgo ateroscler&oacute;tico. En el contexto de la FA, la falta de una contracci&oacute;n auricular consistente y un completo vaciado da lugar al principal elemento de estasis sangu&iacute;nea relativa en la aur&iacute;cula izquierda y en la orejuela izquierda. Y si bien la FA de por s&iacute; es un paso fundamental hacia el accidente cerebrovascular, hay otros factores de riesgo que conspiran en diferentes grados para que se formen trombos, siendo la edad un asunto clave. En el joven sin comorbilidades el accidente cerebrovascular es raro: ocurre en menos de 1% de los <span class="GramE">pacientes<sup><a name="-17"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#17">17</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>El pron&oacute;stico en el anciano que ha tenido un accidente cerebrovascular isqu&eacute;mico es peor, mostrando una mayor <span class="GramE">morbimortalidad<a name="-18"></a><a name="-19"></a><sup>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#18">18</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#19">19</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Comorbilidades y polifarmacia en el anciano&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Las comorbilidades en el anciano, entre las que se incluyen hipertensi&oacute;n, diabetes, disfunci&oacute;n sist&oacute;lica y diast&oacute;lica del ventr&iacute;culo izquierdo y enfermedad vascular, inciden directamente en el sustrato auricular, provocando el estiramiento y agrandamiento de la aur&iacute;cula (predominantemente la izquierda), llevando a la aparici&oacute;n de FA y probable fibrosis, y tal vez disfunci&oacute;n del endotelio auricular. Es interesante hacer notar que la obesidad de por s&iacute; tambi&eacute;n parece da&ntilde;ar indirectamente el tejido auricular a nivel transcripcional y translacional dando lugar a anomal&iacute;as de la conducci&oacute;n. Concomitantemente se encuentran electrogramas fraccionados, reducci&oacute;n del voltaje auricular, aumento de la expresi&oacute;n pro fibr&oacute;tica de TGF-a1 y fibrosis auricular intersticial con un aumento de la propensi&oacute;n a la <span class="GramE">FA<sup><a name="-20"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#20">20</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>Cuando estos cambios afectan la arritmog&eacute;nesis, el aumento asociado del tama&ntilde;o de la aur&iacute;cula izquierda tambi&eacute;n predispone hacia el desarrollo de <span class="GramE">trombos<sup>(<a name="-21"></a><a name="-22"></a><a name="-23"></a><a name="-24"></a><a name="-25"></a></sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#21">21-25</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Los mecanismos inducidos por el estiramiento conspiran para que aparezca disfunci&oacute;n endotelial y un estado potencialmente pro coagulable, al mismo tiempo que varios factores hemost&aacute;ticos tambi&eacute;n parecen estar disregulados por la propia <span class="GramE">FA<sup><a name="-26"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#26">26</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Parece ser que este paradigma existe tanto en los s&iacute;ndromes de FA parox&iacute;stica como persistente, pese a lo cual hay aspectos de los mecanismos de base del estado de hipercoagulabilidad de la FA que siguen siendo poco comprendidos</span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><a name="-27"></a><a name="-28"></a><a name="-29"></a>(</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#26">26-29</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "> (</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#fig_3">figura 3</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">).</span></p>      <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>       <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><a name="fig_3"></a><img style="width: 517px; height: 358px;" alt="" src="/img/revistas/ruc/v30n3/3a16f3.JPG"></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Es de destacar que la activaci&oacute;n plaquetaria est&aacute; aumentada y adem&aacute;s se observan niveles m&aacute;s altos de formaci&oacute;n del complejo trombina-antitrombina, junto con una disfunci&oacute;n endotelial aguda y mayores niveles del factor de von <span class="GramE">Willebrand<sup><a name="-30"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#29">29</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#30">30</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>Es bien sabido que en la FA la cascada inflamatoria est&aacute; activada, con niveles m&aacute;s elevados de prote&iacute;na C reactiva, prote&iacute;nas del shock t&eacute;rmico y otras citoquinas pro inflamatorias que act&uacute;an conjuntamente o en sinton&iacute;a con la infiltraci&oacute;n de c&eacute;lulas linfomononucleares en el tejido auricular de los pacientes con FA comparado con los individuos con ritmo sinusal</span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><a name="-31"></a>(</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#31">31</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Estos procesos tambi&eacute;n est&aacute;n aumentados en gran medida en ciertas afecciones cl&iacute;nicas bien conocidas que se asocian con la precipitaci&oacute;n de la FA, a saber: cirug&iacute;a <span class="GramE">card&iacute;aca<sup><a name="-32"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#32">32</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,<sup> </sup>infarto de miocardio</span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><a name="-33"></a>(</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#33">33</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">, obesidad</span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">(</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#32">32</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "> y potencialmente incluso hipertensi&oacute;n</span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><a name="-34"></a>(</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#34">34</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. No queda totalmente claro exactamente por qu&eacute; la inflamaci&oacute;n habr&iacute;a de disparar una arritmia, y, sin embargo, es com&uacute;n ver a este mediador y precipitante en el anciano, reconoci&eacute;ndose adem&aacute;s que afecta la coagulaci&oacute;n favoreciendo la <span class="GramE">trombosis<sup><a name="-35"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#35">35</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><br style="">    <o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Tambi&eacute;n es importante reconocer que las patolog&iacute;as concomitantes como la rigidez a&oacute;rtica, la aterosclerosis difusa, la enfermedad cerebrovascular y vascular son comunes en el anciano, y, en este contexto, el accidente cerebrovascular y la embolia sist&eacute;mica pueden estar directamente relacionados con la enfermedad arterial, que tal vez requiera de la influencia catal&iacute;tica de un medio <span class="GramE">inflamatorio<sup><a name="-36"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#36">36</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Recientemente los niveles de troponina I de alta sensibilidad, un indicador sensible de da&ntilde;o mioc&aacute;rdico, se asociaron con un aumento del riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular, embolia sist&eacute;mica y mortalidad por todas las causas de manera independiente y <span class="GramE">significativa<sup><a name="-37"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#37">37</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">La polifarmacia &ndash;m&aacute;s com&uacute;n en el anciano que en cualquier otro <span class="GramE">grupo<a name="-38"></a><sup>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#38">38</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&ndash; es especialmente importante en el manejo de la anticoagulaci&oacute;n. Las interacciones bien conocidas de otros medicamentos con el metabolismo hep&aacute;tico de la warfarina por el sistema de citocromo p-450 dan lugar a INR pro tromb&oacute;ticos subterap&eacute;uticos, y, a la inversa, dan lugar a un sangrado relacionado con la inhibici&oacute;n del metabolismo del mismo sistema. M&aacute;s a&uacute;n, y frecuentemente m&aacute;s dif&iacute;cil de manejar y predecir, es la interacci&oacute;n con los medicamentos antiplaquetarios en la hemostasis general. Hay muy pocos datos que orienten sobre c&oacute;mo prescribir concomitante estos agentes con warfarina o con los nuevos anticoagulantes, y no es infrecuente que este subgrupo de pacientes tambi&eacute;n est&eacute; recibiendo aspirina adem&aacute;s de clopidogrel, prasugrel o <span class="GramE">ticagrelor<sup><a name="-39"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#39">39</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>           <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">  <multicol gutter="18" cols="2"></multicol> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Hay importantes comorbilidades que tambi&eacute;n afectan el estado de anticoagulaci&oacute;n del paciente a&ntilde;oso, como la disfunci&oacute;n renal y hep&aacute;tica. La funci&oacute;n renal va disminuyendo ineludiblemente al ir avanzando la <span class="GramE">edad<sup><a name="-40"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#40">40</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">, y la mayor&iacute;a de los nuevos anticoagulantes son depurados por el ri&ntilde;&oacute;n. Tambi&eacute;n parece que la disfunci&oacute;n renal es de por s&iacute; un factor de riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular en los pacientes con <span class="GramE">FA<sup><a name="-41"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#41">41</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">;<sup> </sup>sin embargo, desgraciadamente el sangrado es tambi&eacute;n un problema importante en los pacientes con nefropat&iacute;a avanzada</span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><a name="-42"></a>(</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#42">42</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>En esencia, con y sin el uso de anticoagulaci&oacute;n, el paciente a&ntilde;oso es m&aacute;s propenso a sangrar. Complicando el tratamiento &ndash;algo que ser&aacute; analizado en m&aacute;s detalle a continuaci&oacute;n&ndash; los nuevos anticoagulantes (NOAC, por su sigla en ingl&eacute;s) deben evitarse si la depuraci&oacute;n de la creatinina es inferior a 15 ml/minuto. Algo que muchas afecciones cr&oacute;nicas tienen en com&uacute;n es el de evolucionar con fluctuaciones, algo que los cl&iacute;nicos siempre tienen que recordar cuando indican medicamentos que se excretan por v&iacute;a renal.</span><o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Miedo a las ca&iacute;das&nbsp;</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>         ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Muchos cl&iacute;nicos que trabajan en el manejo de la anticoagulaci&oacute;n en el anciano han sido testigos de eventos catastr&oacute;ficos de sangrado intracraneano en pacientes que est&aacute;n recibiendo warfarina. Estas experiencias anecd&oacute;ticas pueden ser fundamentales para aumentar la percepci&oacute;n de un posible riesgo de ca&iacute;das, y es imperativo que el m&eacute;dico reconozca que de hecho el riesgo de hemorragia intracraneana traum&aacute;tica por una ca&iacute;da es bastante <span class="GramE">bajo<sup><a name="-43"></a><a name="-44"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#43">43</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#44">44</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>Hay datos de simulaciones muy llamativos que indican que los pacientes con FA con mayor riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular tendr&iacute;an que caerse 295 veces m&aacute;s por a&ntilde;o para que el riesgo de sangrado intracraneano traum&aacute;tico supere el riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular <span class="GramE">isqu&eacute;mico<sup><a name="-45"></a><a name="-46"></a><a name="-47"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#45">45-47</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Asimismo, tambi&eacute;n es importante destacar que en realidad, si uno mira espec&iacute;ficamente a las personas mayores en una categor&iacute;a de alto riesgo de ca&iacute;da, la media de esos episodios es de alrededor de dos ca&iacute;das por <span class="GramE">a&ntilde;o<sup>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#45">45-47</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Sin embargo, tambi&eacute;n hay subgrupos de individuos a&ntilde;osos que tienen un mayor riesgo, incluyendo a los pacientes con hipotensi&oacute;n ortost&aacute;tica severa, neuropat&iacute;a perif&eacute;rica, inestabilidad en la marcha que obliga a usar caminador, etc&eacute;tera, todos ellos elementos a tener en cuenta al indicar anticoagulaci&oacute;n.</span><o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Estado nutricional&nbsp;</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>     <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">No es necesario cambiar los h&aacute;bitos diet&eacute;ticos de los pacientes, se use anticoagulaci&oacute;n o no, pero s&iacute; es algo a considerar en la selecci&oacute;n del tipo de anticoagulaci&oacute;n. El cl&iacute;nico debe reconocer el mal estado nutricional &ndash;m&aacute;s com&uacute;n en el individuo a&ntilde;oso, <span class="GramE">fr&aacute;gil<sup><a name="-48"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#48">48</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&ndash; y es probable que un anticoagulante nuevo sea una mejor opci&oacute;n dadas las interacciones importantes e impredecibles que tiene la warfarina con los alimentos.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span>      <br>   <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span>      <br>   <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Estratificaci&oacute;n del riesgo&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p>      <br>   <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span>      <br>   <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Seg&uacute;n las comorbilidades, el riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular y sangrado var&iacute;a de manera significativa de un paciente a otro, jerarquizando el rol de la estratificaci&oacute;n del riesgo, para determinar quien deber&iacute;a recibir anticoagulaci&oacute;n y quien podr&iacute;a prescindir de <span class="GramE">ella<sup><a name="-49"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#49">49</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Si bien hay varios estudios de gran tama&ntilde;o que sugieren que los modelos CHADS<sub>2</sub> y CHA<sub>2</sub>DS<sub>2</sub>-VASc ten&iacute;an el mejor valor predictivo en los pacientes <span class="GramE">a&ntilde;osos<sup><a name="-50"></a><a name="-51"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#50">50</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#51">51</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">, desgraciadamente la capacidad de estos escores de riesgo o de cualquier otro para predecir un accidente cerebrovascular es menos que ideal, ya que identifican a los pacientes que presentar&aacute;n un accidente cerebrovascular con una exactitud de aproximadamente 60%-70%. No obstante ello, estos esquemas de estimaci&oacute;n de riesgo han probado ser vitales en la atenci&oacute;n cl&iacute;nica y constituyen la base de la indicaci&oacute;n de anticoagulaci&oacute;n. Tanto las gu&iacute;as de las sociedades europeas como estadounidenses identifican ahora el sistema de escore de riesgo CHA<sub>2</sub>DS<sub>2</sub>Vasc como el principal m&eacute;todo para considerar los potenciales beneficios de la anticoagulaci&oacute;n. Este esquema m&aacute;s contempor&aacute;neo parece efectivamente ser mejor para estratificar a los que tienen un menor riesgo, ayudando as&iacute; a identificar a quienes pueden evitar la anticoagulaci&oacute;n. Dado que con este esquema ser mayor de 75 a&ntilde;os implica dos puntos, se recomienda tratar a todos los pacientes a&ntilde;osos con anticoagulaci&oacute;n oral. Sin embargo, esta recomendaci&oacute;n debe ser atemperada por las preocupaciones de sangrado de cada paciente, considerando que un aumento del riesgo de sangrado no es una contraindicaci&oacute;n de anticoagulaci&oacute;n, pero s&iacute; una se&ntilde;al de advertencia que indica que hay que ser muy cuidadoso con la dosificaci&oacute;n. Existen esquemas de puntuaci&oacute;n del riesgo de sangrado que facilitan la valoraci&oacute;n riesgo/beneficio a la cabecera del enfermo. Si bien el sistema de puntuaci&oacute;n HAS-BLED es sencillo y f&aacute;cil de usar (indicado por hipertensi&oacute;n, funci&oacute;n renal/hep&aacute;tica anormal, accidente cerebrovascular, antecedentes o predisposici&oacute;n al sangrado, &iacute;ndice internacional normalizado [INR] l&aacute;bil, edad mayor de 65 a&ntilde;os, y uso concomitante de drogas y alcohol<span class="GramE">)<sup><a name="-52"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#52">52</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">, es m&aacute;s complicado dilucidar el verdadero beneficio cl&iacute;nico neto. Basados en la diferencia entre los posibles beneficios de la prevenci&oacute;n del accidente cerebrovascular ponderado contra el riesgo de sangrado, no se cuenta con ning&uacute;n sistema r&aacute;pido para analizar esta compleja interrelaci&oacute;n. Sin embargo, el beneficio cl&iacute;nico neto de la warfarina mejora progresivamente al avanzar la edad y es mayor para los pacientes de 85 a&ntilde;os o m&aacute;s que presentan <span class="GramE">FA<sup><a name="-53"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#53">53</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>El beneficio cl&iacute;nico neto de los nuevos anticoagulantes en el anciano todav&iacute;a est&aacute; por establecerse.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span>          <br>   <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Una importante limitante de todos los esquemas de riesgo es que la FA no valvular no se inclu&iacute;a en la validaci&oacute;n de estas <span class="GramE">herramientas<sup><a name="-54"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#54">54</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">) </span> </sup> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>Es muy posible que un paciente de 75 a&ntilde;os con una estenosis a&oacute;rtica severa y una importante disfunci&oacute;n diast&oacute;lica tenga un riesgo mucho mayor que el individuo con una v&aacute;lvula a&oacute;rtica normal, y hasta que se disponga de m&aacute;s datos para estos grupos, los autores son de la opini&oacute;n que estos pacientes deben ser considerados m&aacute;s cuidadosamente, ya que es probable que tengan una mayor incidencia de accidente cerebrovascular.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span>      <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">M&aacute;s recientemente han ido surgiendo biomarcadores cardiovasculares (como la troponina T altamente sensible) como predictores interesantes y tal vez m&aacute;s confiables del riesgo tromboemb&oacute;lico que reflejan el estado protromb&oacute;tico del individuo. Sin embargo, se necesitan m&aacute;s estudios para establecerlos como estudios confiables en este sentido, y es posible que la utilizaci&oacute;n de estos biomarcadores aumente o reemplace a los esquemas actuales de riesgo. Al igual que ocurre con la introducci&oacute;n del monitoreo del p&eacute;ptido natriur&eacute;tico cerebral, antes de aplicarlo en la cl&iacute;nica es preciso comprender mejor la fisiopatolog&iacute;a de base del accidente cerebrovascular y la embolia sist&eacute;mica y su relaci&oacute;n con estos biomarcadores.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&iquest;Qu&eacute; evidencias hay del beneficio de la anticoagulaci&oacute;n en la fibrilaci&oacute;n auricular?&nbsp; </span> <o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>           <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Las gu&iacute;as actuales de la Sociedad Europea de Cardiolog&iacute;a (ESC) y del Colegio Americano de Cardiolog&iacute;a/Asociaci&oacute;n Americana del Coraz&oacute;n (ACC/AHA) preconizan un enfoque individualizado al recomendar anticoagulaci&oacute;n para evitar los accidentes cerebrovasculares y prevenir el tromboembolismo <span class="GramE">perif&eacute;rico<sup><a name="-55"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#9">9</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#55">55</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Con una puntuaci&oacute;n de CHA<sub>2</sub>DS<sub>2</sub>-VASc de 2 o superior existe acuerdo en recomendar <span class="GramE">anticoagulaci&oacute;n<sup><a name="-56"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#9">9</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#56">56</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. A continuaci&oacute;n se resumen las opciones de anticoagulaci&oacute;n.&nbsp; </span>  <o:p></o:p>  <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">  <multicol gutter="18" cols="2"></multicol> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">  Aspirina&nbsp; </span> <o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Si bien se la ha utilizado durante muchos a&ntilde;os y se la sigue recetando ampliamente para profilaxis tromboemb&oacute;lica en la FA, actualmente se piensa que la aspirina no es eficaz para ese fin y que puede ser nociva en el <span class="GramE">anciano<sup>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#9">9</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>El supuesto beneficio de la aspirina se ha perpetuado a pesar de estar respaldado por los resultados de un &uacute;nico ensayo; sin embargo, una revisi&oacute;n cuidadosa de ese estudio particular SPAF-1 (Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation)</span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "> <a name="-57"></a>(</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#57">57</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "> cuestiona esa inferencia. Describiendo un 42% de reducci&oacute;n de los accidentes cerebrovasculares usando aspirina a 325 mg/d&iacute;a comparado con placebo, el efecto de la aspirina vari&oacute; ampliamente, reduciendo el accidente cerebrovascular 94% contra 8% en los pacientes elegibles y no elegibles para warfarina respectivamente. En lo que concierne a esta revisi&oacute;n es particularmente importante destacar que la aspirina no redujo los accidentes cerebrovasculares en los sujetos de 75 a&ntilde;os o m&aacute;s, ni tampoco previno los accidentes cerebrovasculares graves. Desde el punto de vista de la seguridad de su uso en la poblaci&oacute;n a&ntilde;osa, el Estudio BAFTA (Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation Treatment of the Aged<span class="GramE">)<sup><a name="-58"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#58">58</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">) </span> </sup> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">identific&oacute; un riesgo de sangrado mayor y hemorragia intracraneana similar a la warfarina.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Doble terapia antiplaquetaria</span><o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">En el estudio <span class="GramE">ACTIVE<sup><a name="-59"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#59">59</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,<sup> </sup>clopidogrel m&aacute;s aspirina, redujeron significativamente el punto final combinado de primer accidente cerebrovascular, embolia sist&eacute;mica, infarto de miocardio y muerte vascular; sin embargo, este beneficio se obtuvo a un precio de un 50% de aumento de sangrados mayores. La media de edad de los pacientes dentro de este ensayo fue de 71 &plusmn; 10 a&ntilde;os, y, por lo tanto, la mayor&iacute;a estuvo en el &ldquo;subgrupo de individuos a&ntilde;osos&rdquo;. Considerando este ensayo pensamos que es dif&iacute;cil suponer la doble terapia antiplaquetaria como una alternativa viable a la warfarina cuando se lo contrasta con los nuevos anticoagulantes que brindan una protecci&oacute;n similar pero con menos sangrado que la warfarina.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Warfarina comparada con terapia antiplaquetaria</span><o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">El estudio BAFTA compar&oacute; warfarina (INR meta 2 a 3) con aspirina en pacientes de 75 a&ntilde;os de edad o mayores (media de edad, 82 a&ntilde;os) con FA. Los resultados de este estudio replican los de otros ensayos, que t&iacute;picamente han demostrado una reducci&oacute;n del riesgo relativo de presentar accidentes cerebrovasculares y la mortalidad en alrededor de 60% y 25%, respectivamente, cuando se compara con placebo o con agentes <span class="GramE">antiplaquetarios<sup>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#58">58</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Pese a los indiscutibles beneficios cl&iacute;nicos para el paciente a&ntilde;oso con FA, el cl&iacute;nico y el paciente son sumamente conscientes de las m&uacute;ltiples advertencias asociadas a la terapia warfar&iacute;nica. El inicio de acci&oacute;n de la droga es retardado, por lo que muchas veces poscardioversi&oacute;n o en pacientes de alto riesgo se necesita una terapia puente con una forma de heparina hasta que se inicie su acci&oacute;n. Tiene un rango terap&eacute;utico muy estrecho, requiriendo una vigilancia y seguimiento constantes para ajustar la dosis. Tiene m&uacute;ltiples interacciones con medicamentos, alimentos y dieta, a lo que se suma un efecto impredecible en relaci&oacute;n con los polimorfismos gen&eacute;ticos espec&iacute;ficos que codifican para las v&iacute;as metab&oacute;licas que sigue el f&aacute;rmaco. Estas son limitaciones cruciales, dado que el tiempo dentro del rango terap&eacute;utico (idealmente 65% o mayor) est&aacute; &iacute;ntimamente vinculado con qui&eacute;n se beneficia de la <span class="GramE">warfarina<a name="-60"></a><sup>(</sup></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#60"><sup>60</sup></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">), y tambi&eacute;n qui&eacute;n presentar&iacute;a un evento de sangrado</span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><a name="-61"></a><a name="-62"></a>(</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#61">61</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#62">62</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">) </span> </sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">(</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#fig_4">figura 4</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">).</span></p>      <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>       <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><a name="fig_4"></a><img style="width: 271px; height: 270px;" alt="" src="/img/revistas/ruc/v30n3/3a16f4.JPG"></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>     <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Esta necesidad de un monitoreo constante y frecuente tambi&eacute;n introduce un elemento de inconveniencia que no rara vez est&aacute; vinculado a la falta de cumplimiento. Desgraciadamente el tiempo en rango terap&eacute;utico es pobre tanto en los ensayos cl&iacute;nicos a gran escala como en la pr&aacute;ctica, variando tremendamente, habitualmente entre 50% y 60% en Estados <span class="GramE">Unidos<sup><a name="-63"></a><a name="-64"></a><a name="-65"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#63">63-65</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Sin embargo, el control repetido de INR en domicilio se acompa&ntilde;a de menos accidentes cerebrovasculares y menos sangrado aunque el beneficio en esta etapa parece ser <span class="GramE">peque&ntilde;o<sup><a name="-66"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#66">66</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span>      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Dabigatr&aacute;n etexilato&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>         ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Dabigatr&aacute;n etexilato (Pradaxa<sup>&reg;</sup>) es un inhibidor directo de la trombina de uso oral, con m&uacute;ltiples efectos en la cascada de la coagulaci&oacute;n (</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#fig_5">figura 5</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">). La medicaci&oacute;n se administra dos veces al d&iacute;a para inhibir la conversi&oacute;n del fibrin&oacute;geno a fibrina, bloquear la activaci&oacute;n de las plaquetas y estabilizar los <span class="GramE">co&aacute;gulos<sup><a name="-67"></a><a name="-68"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#67">67</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#68">68</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.</span></p>      <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>       <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><a name="fig_5"></a><img style="width: 323px; height: 261px;" alt="" src="/img/revistas/ruc/v30n3/3a16f5.JPG"></p>       <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><o:p></o:p></span></p>           <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Al igual que otros NOAC, tiene un r&aacute;pido inicio de acci&oacute;n y no se necesita controlarlo con INR. El ensayo clave en FA (RE-LY) distribuy&oacute; aleatoriamente a m&aacute;s de 18.000 pacientes al f&aacute;rmaco del ensayo o a warfarina, y se vio que un esquema de 150 mg de dabigatr&aacute;n dos veces al d&iacute;a se acompa&ntilde;aba de &iacute;ndices menores de accidente cerebrovascular y embolia sist&eacute;mica, pero con tasas similares de sangrado mayor comparado con warfarina<sup><a name="-69"></a>(<a href="#69">69</a>)</sup>.<sup> </sup>A una dosis de 110 mg dos veces por d&iacute;a, las tasas de accidente cerebrovascular y embolia sist&eacute;mica fueron similares a las que se ven con warfarina, pero las tasas de hemorragia mayor estuvieron en torno a un 60% por debajo. Es importante destacar que se constat&oacute; esta diferencia cl&iacute;nica independientemente del tiempo en rango terap&eacute;utico en aquellos pacientes que recib&iacute;an <span class="GramE">warfarina<sup><a name="-70"></a>(</sup></span><sup><a href="#70">70</a>)</sup>.&nbsp; <br style="">        <br>   </span></p>           <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Rivaroxab&aacute;n</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Rivaroxab&aacute;n, apixab&aacute;n y edoxab&aacute;n son todos inhibidores del factor Xa y bloquean a la proteasa central que es com&uacute;n a las cascadas tanto intr&iacute;nseca como <span class="GramE">extr&iacute;nseca<sup>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#67">67</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#68">68</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Rivaroxab&aacute;n tiene un r&aacute;pido inicio de acci&oacute;n y se administra solo una vez al d&iacute;a. Se depura predominantemente por un mecanismo hep&aacute;tico y tambi&eacute;n por v&iacute;a renal y no precisa controles con INR. El ensayo ROCKET-AF evalu&oacute; a m&aacute;s de 14.000 pacientes con FA y con un promedio de su puntuaci&oacute;n de riesgo CHADS<sub>2</sub> de 3,5. Rivaroxab&aacute;n result&oacute; no inferior que la warfarina y los pacientes tuvieron una incidencia de sangrado significativamente menor, observ&aacute;ndose en especial una disminuci&oacute;n significativa del sangrado intracraneano.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Apixab&aacute;n</span><o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">El ensayo AVERROES (Apixaban versus Acetylsalicylic Acid to Prevent Strokes) compar&oacute; apixab&aacute;n con aspirina en 5.600 pacientes cuyos m&eacute;dicos consideraron que eran &ldquo;inadecuados&rdquo; para <span class="GramE">warfarina<sup><a name="-71"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#71">71</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>Este estudio fue interrumpido precozmente porque se vio que apixab&aacute;n reduc&iacute;a significativamente el riesgo de accidentes cerebrovasculares y embolias sist&eacute;micas sin aumentar la incidencia de <span class="GramE">sangrado<sup><a name="-72"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#72">72</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. El ensayo ARISTOTLE (Apixaban for Reduction In Stroke and Other Thromboembolic Events in Atrial Fibrillation) compar&oacute; apixab&aacute;n con warfarina en alrededor de 18.000 pacientes con FA y un escore CHADS<sub>2</sub> promedio de 2,1. Los resultados confirmaron la superioridad de apixab&aacute;n sobre warfarina en la reducci&oacute;n de los accidentes cerebrovasculares o tromboembolismo sist&eacute;mico, constat&aacute;ndose tambi&eacute;n un n&uacute;mero significativamente menor de sangrados, especialmente intracraneano. Es importante destacar que no se not&oacute; que apixab&aacute;n estuviera asociado con aumento del sangrado gastrointestinal (GI), mientras que dabigatr&aacute;n y todos los otros inhibidores del factor Xa mostraron aumentar la probabilidad de hemorragia GI. La mortalidad por todas las causas tambi&eacute;n se vio reducida en el grupo de apixab&aacute;n.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Edoxab&aacute;n</span><o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">El ensayo ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 (Effective Anticoagulation with Factor Xa Generation in Atrial Fibrillation) evalu&oacute; a m&aacute;s de 21.000 pacientes con FA y una media de puntuaci&oacute;n CHADS<sub>2</sub>&nbsp;de 2,8</span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><a name="-73"></a>(</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#73">73</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">. Edoxab&aacute;n result&oacute; ser no inferior a la warfarina y se acompa&ntilde;&oacute; de menos sangrados mayores y menos hemorragia intracraneana, pero existen reservas sobre el beneficio de edoxab&aacute;n en los pacientes con un aclaramiento de creatinina mayor a 95</span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><a name="-74"></a>(</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#74">74</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Asuntos pr&aacute;cticos a considerar al indicar NOAC</span><o:p></o:p></p>         ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Tal como surge de los ensayos cl&iacute;nicos que comparan NOAC con warfarina resumidos m&aacute;s arriba, estos nuevos agentes muestran resultados cl&iacute;nicos muy alentadores. La edad media de los participantes de los ensayos mencionados var&iacute;a entre 70 y 73 a&ntilde;os, por lo que aun cuando todav&iacute;a se necesita m&aacute;s informaci&oacute;n en el grupo de pacientes a&ntilde;osos, un gran porcentaje de los participantes en realidad eran mayores de 75 a&ntilde;os.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Es bien sabido que el metabolismo de la warfarina se ve sumamente afectado por la dieta, la gen&eacute;tica y el uso concomitante de otros medicamentos, y si bien al usar un NOAC se evitan las limitaciones que plantean la dieta y los factores gen&eacute;ticos, es importante destacar que los NOAC efectivamente presentan interacciones medicamentosas importantes. Los agentes que afectan tanto el sistema CYP3A4, como la glicoprote&iacute;na p, son los que plantean mayor inquietud: tanto inhibidores (por ejemplo, ketoconazol, ritonavir, claritromicina) como inductores (como rifampicina, fenito&iacute;na, carbamazepina). Son espec&iacute;ficos para cada droga y su comportamiento no es totalmente similar en todo el grupo. Compete a cada cl&iacute;nico conocer los detalles espec&iacute;ficos que se aplican a los NOAC que indica m&aacute;s frecuentemente.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">  2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;En casos de insuficiencia renal cr&oacute;nica es necesario reducir las dosis o evitar el uso de los NOAC, dependiendo del nivel de disfunci&oacute;n, siendo esto particular para cada f&aacute;rmaco.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Si bien como clase los NOAC presentan menos sangrado intracraneano, dabigatr&aacute;n a dosis de 150 mg dos veces al d&iacute;a demostr&oacute; un mayor riesgo que la warfarina de sangrado extracraneano mayor en los pacientes a&ntilde;osos.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;El costo es una diferencia importante; el precio de los NOAC llega a ser hasta 50 veces mayor en Estados Unidos (dependiendo del seguro). Frecuentemente el costo de las pruebas de INR no corre por cuenta del paciente, y el costo real para el sistema de salud tiene que ser evaluado para cada sistema prestador/paciente en particular.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;La dispepsia es un efecto colateral frecuente del dabigatr&aacute;n y se reconoce que el sangrado GI es m&aacute;s com&uacute;n con todos los NOAC, excepto con <span class="GramE">apixab&aacute;n<sup><a name="-75"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#75">75</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.<sup> </sup>Esto es especialmente verdadero en el <span class="GramE">anciano<sup><a name="-76"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#76">76</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Si bien los NOAC se asocian con un sangrado significativamente menor, preocupa la falta de reversibilidad en el contexto de traumatismo o de cirug&iacute;a de emergencia. Actualmente se est&aacute;n evaluando algunos agentes de reversi&oacute;n que deber&iacute;an estar disponibles en la cl&iacute;nica en un futuro cercano.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Decisiones en el individuo a&ntilde;oso</span><o:p></o:p></p>         ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">La warfarina suele ser una medicaci&oacute;n estigmatizada, favorecida o evitada por el paciente o el m&eacute;dico. Pese a las excelentes evidencias de los beneficios que brinda protegiendo del accidente cerebrovascular en algunos pacientes a&ntilde;osos seleccionados, la decisi&oacute;n sigue siendo dif&iacute;cil desde la perspectiva del m&eacute;dico, y a menudo inclusive m&aacute;s para el paciente y su familia. El deterioro cognitivo en este grupo etario complica la toma de decisiones y a menudo quien decide finalmente es el cuidador o un miembro de la familia. Los problemas cognitivos tambi&eacute;n suelen acompa&ntilde;arse de falta de cumplimiento con la medicaci&oacute;n, algo que dificulta a&uacute;n m&aacute;s la discusi&oacute;n y el cuidado de estos pacientes. Se han utilizado herramientas de &ldquo;ayuda para tomar decisiones&rdquo; en el contexto de FA con un claro <span class="GramE">beneficio<sup><a name="-77"></a>(</sup></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);"><a href="#77">77</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">)</span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,<sup> </sup>y aunque todav&iacute;a no se las ha estudiado espec&iacute;ficamente en el anciano, este grupo podr&iacute;a potencialmente beneficiarse m&aacute;s.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Conclusiones&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">La tendencia demogr&aacute;fica actual y futura que determina un crecimiento de las poblaciones a&ntilde;osas constituye un problema crucial de salud p&uacute;blica a nivel mundial, sobre todo para ciertas enfermedades como la FA, que son m&aacute;s prevalentes en este grupo etario. Esperados durante mucho tiempo, hay ahora m&uacute;ltiples NOAC que han llegado de forma oportuna dando inicio a una nueva era. Han permitido adem&aacute;s estudiar a una gran cantidad de pacientes a&ntilde;osos con FA en cuanto a su riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular y sangrado. Todav&iacute;a se necesitan m&aacute;s datos y los registros seguir&aacute;n jugando un papel crucial para evaluar los verdaderos riesgos y beneficios cl&iacute;nicos, por lo que el cl&iacute;nico los debe seguir de cerca.</span></p>       <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Conflictos de inter&eacute;s: ninguno declarado.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="EN-US">References&nbsp; </span> <o:p></o:p></p>         ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>         <!-- ref --><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span class="GramE"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="EN-US"><a name="1"></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);" lang="EN-US"><a href="#-1">1</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="EN-US">.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="">Gersh BJ, Tsang TS, Seward JB.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="EN-US"> The changing epidemiology and natural history of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: Clinical implications. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 2004<span class="GramE">;115:149</span>-59; discussion 159-60.    &nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <!-- ref --><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="EN-US"><a name="2"></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);" lang="EN-US"><a href="#-2">2</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="EN-US">.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="">Miyasaka Y, Barnes ME, Gersh BJ, Cha SS, Seward JB, Bailey KR, et al. </span>Time trends of ischemic stroke incidence and mortality in patients diagnosed with first atrial fibrillation in 1980 to 2000: Report of a community-based study. 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J Am Coll Cardiol 2010<span class="GramE">;56:827</span>-37.    &nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>         <!-- ref --><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="EN-US"><a name="4"></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(31, 26, 23);" lang="EN-US"><a href="#-4">4</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="EN-US">.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="">Miyasaka Y, Barnes ME, Gersh BJ, Cha SS, Seward JB, Bailey KR, et al. </span>Time trends of ischemic stroke incidence and mortality in patients diagnosed with first atrial fibrillation in 1980 to 2000: Report of a community-based study. 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