IMR Press / RCM / Volume 24 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2403065
Open Access Original Research
Impacts of Diabetes Mellitus on Cardiovascular Outcomes and Differential Effects of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Left Ventricular Thrombus
Boqun Shi1,2,3Rui Zhang1,2,3Chenxi Song1,2,3Kongyong Cui1,2,3Dong Zhang1,2,3Lei Jia1,2,3Dong Yin1,2,3Hongjian Wang1,2,3Ke-Fei Dou1,2,3,*Weihua Song1,2,3,*
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1 Cardiometabolic Medicine Center, Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College/National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, 10037 Beijing, China
2 Coronary Heart Disease Center, Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College/National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, 10037 Beijing, China
3 State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, 10037 Beijing, China
*Correspondence: doukefei@fuwaihospital.org (Ke-Fei Dou); songweihua@fuwai.com (Weihua Song)
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2023, 24(3), 65; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2403065
Submitted: 23 October 2022 | Revised: 9 December 2022 | Accepted: 14 December 2022 | Published: 22 February 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases 2022)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: The focus of this investigation into the impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) on left ventricular thrombus (LVT) is (a) the differences in LVT characteristics, (b) long-term clinical outcomes, and (c) differential effects of direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) among patients with T2DM and without diabetes. Methods: Patients with confirmed LVT from 2009 to 2021 were included. The primary endpoints were major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE), composite of cardiovascular death, ischemic stroke, and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The secondary endpoints were all-cause death and cardiovascular death. Multivariable competing-risk regression and cumulative incidence functions (CIF) were used to evaluate the adverse consequences. Results: In total, 1675 patients were assessed initially. Follow-up data were available for 91.1% of the participants. Median follow-up was 3.8 years. This retrospective study ultimately comprised 1068 participants, of which 429 had T2DM. Significantly higher proportions of comorbidities were observed in the T2DM group. The location, morphology, and size of LVT were similar in the two groups. Multivariable analysis suggested a higher risk of MACCE among patients with T2DM. The difference in risk between the two groups after matching and weighting was not statistically significant. Among the whole sample (n = 638) or the just the non-diabetic patients with LVT and anticoagulation (n = 382), the incidence of MACCE did not differ between DOAC treatment and warfarin treatment. In the diabetic LVT population with anticoagulation (n = 256), DOAC treatment was associated with a significantly higher risk of MACCE than was warfarin treatment. Conclusions: The location and morphology of LVT are similar in T2DM and non-diabetic patients. A higher risk of MACCE was found among patients with diabetes.

Keywords
anticoagulation
heart failure
thrombosis
type 2 diabetes
Funding
2021-I2M-1-008/Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Found for Medical Sciences (CIFMS)
2020-I2M-C&T-B-056/Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Found for Medical Sciences (CIFMS)
2018YFC1315600/Prevention and Control Projects of the Major Chronic Noninfectious Disease
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