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Observational studyPharmacology research & perspectives2021

Does atorvastatin therapy change the anti-Xa activity in xabans-treated patients with atrial fibrillation?

Ingrid Škorňová, Matej Samoš, Tomáš Bolek, Lucia Stančiaková, Ľubica Vádelová, Peter Galajda, Ján Staško, Peter Kubisz, Marián Mokáň

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Observational study in Pharmacology research & perspectives, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ingrid ŠkorňováNational Centre of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovak Republic.
Matej SamošDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovak Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-5561-2560
Tomáš BolekDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovak Republic.
Lucia StančiakováNational Centre of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovak Republic.
Ľubica VádelováNational Centre of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovak Republic.
Peter GalajdaDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovak Republic.
Ján StaškoNational Centre of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovak Republic.
Peter KubiszNational Centre of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovak Republic.
Marián MokáňDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovak Republic.
Comenius University Bratislava · SK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atorvastatin and direct oral factor Xa inhibitors (xabans) are frequently co-administrated in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, no studies investigating the possibility of the pharmacologic interaction between these agents have been conducted. The aim of this prospective observational study was to determine the impact of atorvastatin therapy on anti-Xa activity in xabans-treated patients with AF. We enrolled 115 AF patients on long-term rivaroxaban (52 patients) and long-term apixaban (63 patients) therapy. Long-term atorvastatin (40 mg once daily) was administrated to 28 rivaroxaban-treated patients and to 28 apixaban-treated patients. Trough and peak samples were tested for anti-Xa activity with drug-specific anti-Xa chromogenic analysis. For rivaroxaban, there were no significant differences in trough activity (45.5 ± 39.5 ng/ml vs. 46.2 ± 30.1 ng/ml; p = .34) and peak anti-Xa activity (179.2 ± 108.8 ng/ml vs. 208.1 ± 104.1 ng/ml; p = .94) between atorvastatin-treated patients and those without atorvastatin. Similarly, atorvastatin did not impact the trough activity (127.7 ± 71.1 ng/ml vs. 100.8 ± 61.1 ng/ml; p = .12) or peak anti-Xa activity (213.8 ± 103.6 ng/ml vs. 179.3 ± 72.9 ng/ml; p = .14) among apixaban-treated patients with AF. This observational study did not show a significant impact of atorvastatin on trough and peak anti-Xa activity in xabans-treated patients with AF.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAtorvastatinAtrial FibrillationDrug InteractionsFactor Xa InhibitorsFemaleHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsMalePyrazolesPyridonesRivaroxabanStrokeapixabanAtorvastatinFactor Xa InhibitorsHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsPyrazolesPyridonesRivaroxabanapixabanatorvastatinatrial fibrillationrivaroxabanxabans anti-Xa activity

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PMID33984191
PMCPMC8118196
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