Triflusal in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Acetylsalicylic Acid Hypersensitivity

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Background: Acetylsalicylic acid hypersensitivity (ASAH) limits therapeutic options in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), who benefit from dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), especially when undergoing stent implantation. Our aim was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of triflusal in patients with ACS and ASAH. Methods and Results: Two-center retrospective study of patients diagnosed with ACS and ASAH from January 1, 2000, to May 1, 2020. Sixty-six patients were treated with triflusal. ASAH was confirmed with tests in 15 patients (22.7%). Forty-nine patients (74.2%) presented history of other drug allergies. Fifty-nine patients (89.4%) underwent stent implantation. DAPT was prescribed for ≥12 months in 54 patients. No adverse reactions to triflusal were reported. During a median follow-up of 5.12 years [IQR 2.7–9.9], rate of cardiovascular (CV) mortality was 6.1%, nonfatal myocardial infarction 12.1%, and ischemic stroke 4.5%. No cases of definite stent thrombosis occurred. Bleeding Academic Research Consortium grade ≥2 was observed in 3 patients during follow-up. Conclusion: In this series of patients presenting with ACS and ASA hypersensitivity, triflusal showed good tolerability and was associated with a low rate of CV and bleeding events.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): CRD

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Cardiology

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0008-6312

Title: Cardiology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0008-6312

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9751

Publication date Subscription-year: 2021

Publication date (Print): July 2021

Publication date (Electronic): 23 March 2021

Volume: 146

Issue: 4

Pages: 426-430

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[_a] _aDepartment of Cardiology, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain

[_b] _bDepartment of Cardiology, Lozano Blesa University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain

[_c] _cDepartment of Allergology, Lozano Blesa University Hospital, Aragon Institute for Health Research, Zaragoza, Spain

[_d] _dDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Prevention Research Unit, Aragon Institute for Health Research, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

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*Georgina Fuertes Ferre, Department of Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology Unit, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Paseo Isabel La Católica, 1-3, ES–50008 Zaragoza (Spain), georginaff@hotmail.com

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Publisher ID: 514414 Other ID: Cardiology 2021;146:426–430

DOI: 10.1159/000514414

PubMed ID: 33756460

SO-VID: 264392c9-8435-46fc-a94b-390f1348384e

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Date received : 21 November 2020

Date accepted : 13 January 2021

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