[Effectiveness and safety of selective and non - selective factor Xa inhibitors in antiphospholipid syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus: anti - Xa - activity range].

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to evaluate the anti - Xa - activity (aXa) of selective and non - selective factor Xa inhibitors in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) patients according to clinical implications and laboratory parameters.

Materials And Methods: Clinical and laboratory data were analyzed retrospectively in SLE and APS patients who protractedly received low weight molecular heparins (LWMH) and selective factor Xa inhibitors fondaparinux and rivaroxaban. The study included 70 patients in the middle age 39 [31; 43] years: 15/70 (21%) - with SLE, 10/70 (14%) - with APS and 45/70 (65%) - with SLE and APS (SLE+APS).

Increased risk of thrombosis in antiphospholipid syndrome patients treated with direct oral anticoagulants. Results from an international patient-level data meta-analysis.

Background: Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are widely used for secondary prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) but their clinical efficacy and safety are not established in Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) patients. There is only one randomized controlled trial published while others are still ongoing. Many non-randomized studies have been published in this field with conflicting opinions.

[Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension developed in a female patient with lupus erythematosus and secondary antiphospholipid syndrome].

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is one of the potentially curable forms of pulmonary hypertension, in which pulmonary thromboendarterectomy is the gold standard treatment. However, over the last decade, great attention has been given to a combined therapeutic approach including both drug therapy and surgical treatment and the application of endovascular technologies. This clinical case demonstrates the diagnostic difficulties of CTEPH and the opportunities of a comprehensive approach to therapy for the disease with mandatory assessment of preoperative surgical and medical treatment in order to improve the patient status and to prepare for surgery.

Liver transplantation in a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome and Budd-Chiari syndrome.

The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an acquired thrombophilic disorder in which autoantibodies are produced to a variety of phospholipids determinants of cell membranes or phospholipid binding proteins. There are few reports about association between antiphospholipid antibodies and development of Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS). We report the case of BCS development in young Russian male with primary APS.