RIVAROXABAN SAFETY DURING DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS TREATMENT IN PATIIENTS WITH RELATED DAMAGES OF STOMACH AND DUODENUM

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the risk of use of rivaroxaban, which was associated with gastro-duodenal bleeding in patients with deep venous thrombosis. Methods: an analysis of anticoagulant treatment in 683 patients with deep venous phlebothrombosis. All the patients underwent fiberoptic gastroduodenoscopic procedure prior to the anticoagulant treatment. When erosive-ulcerative lesions were detected, the patients received antisecretory therapy with proton pump inhibitors along with anticoagulant therapy. Results: EGD did not show any only stomach pathology only in 10.7 percent of patients at the time of admission. A symptom-free pathology that became a diagnostic finding was identified in 53.1 percent of patients. Fiberoptic gastroduodenoscopy showed completed bleeding or bleeding that was stopped using endoscopic balloon tamponade with achievement of stable hemostasis in 12.9 patients. 59.1 percent of patients received anti-coagulant therapy with rivaroxaban (Xarelto®). In the presented series of patients with acute deep vein thrombosis, the use of rivopoxaban appeared a safe therapeutic option not only in patients with erosive-ulcerative lesions in the gastroduodenal system, but also in those with endoscopic signs of stopped bleeding (on the top of already administered antisecretory therapy with proton pump inhibitors).

Keywords

• acute deep vein thrombosis
• rivaroxaban
• safety
• gastroduodenal bleeding
• antisecretory therapy