• Javier Galán-González, Sergio Rico-Martín, Julián F Calderón-García, Joaquín Antón, José M Ramírez-Moreno, Lorenzo R Álvarez-Rodríguez, Juan F Sánchez Muñoz-Torrero, and for FRENA Investigators.
• Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital San Pedro Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain.
• Eur. J. Clin. Invest. 2021 Jul 1; 51 (7): e13533.

BackgroundThe relationship between anticardiolipin (aCL) antibodies and cardiovascular events is uncertain and may vary according to arterial location.Materials And MethodsFRENA is an ongoing registry of stable outpatients with symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD), cerebrovascular disease (CVD) or peripheral artery disease (PAD). The rate of subsequent ischaemic events was cross-referenced with the presence of aCL antibodies (any isotype, IgG or IgM).ResultsAs of June 2017, 1387 stable outpatients were recruited. Of these, 120 (8.7%) showed positive levels of aCL antibodies. Over an average follow-up of 18 months, 250 patients developed subsequent events: 101 myocardial infarction, 57 ischaemic stroke and 92 critical leg events. Patients with positive aCL antibodies had a higher risk of distal artery events (a composite of ischaemic stroke or critical leg events) than patients with undetectable or low levels (rate ratio: 1.66; 95% CI: 1.07-2.60). However, an association with central coronary events was not found. The multivariate Cox analysis after adjustment for relevant clinical covariates showed that positivity of aCL antibodies is an independent risk factor for distal events (hazard ratio: 1.60; 95% CI: 1.01-2.55; P < .05).ConclusionsPositivity of aCL antibodies is associated with an increased risk of subsequent distal artery ischaemic events (cerebral or leg arteries) but not coronary artery events. Anticardiolipin antibodies appear to have a different relationship on the localisation of ischaemic events in patients with symptomatic artery disease.© 2021 Stichting European Society for Clinical Investigation Journal Foundation. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

33 keywords...

hide…