Table 1.

Summary of patients experiencing vascular accident

Patient no.Factor VIII levelMutationInhibitor status prior to thrombosisCatheter usedDuration of catheter prior to thrombosisFactor concentrateMode of application prior to vascular eventProthrombotic
risk factor
Exogenous trigger
< 1% Intron 22 High responder Port 1.5 years rFVIII On demand FV 1691G>A None  
< 1% 2781delT (exon 14) High responder Port 1.8 years pdFVIII Prophylaxis 3/wk Lp(a)* None 
< 1% ND — Hickman 4 months FVIII/vWF Continuous infusion: bleeding episode ND None 
1.4% ND — Port 1.5 years FVIII/vWF Prophylaxis 3/wk MTHFR TT Obesity  
< 1% Intron 22 — Port 7 years rFVIII Prophylaxis 3/wk FV 1691G>A None  
< 1% Intron 22 — Port 6 years FVIII/vWF Prophylaxis 3/wk MTHFR TT None  
< 1% Intron 22 Low responder Port 10 years pdFVIII IT following prophylaxis 3/wk MTHFR TT None  
< 1% Intron 22 High responder Port 7 months FVIII/vWF Prophylaxis 3/wk No risk identified so far None 
Patient no.Factor VIII levelMutationInhibitor status prior to thrombosisCatheter usedDuration of catheter prior to thrombosisFactor concentrateMode of application prior to vascular eventProthrombotic
risk factor
Exogenous trigger
< 1% Intron 22 High responder Port 1.5 years rFVIII On demand FV 1691G>A None  
< 1% 2781delT (exon 14) High responder Port 1.8 years pdFVIII Prophylaxis 3/wk Lp(a)* None 
< 1% ND — Hickman 4 months FVIII/vWF Continuous infusion: bleeding episode ND None 
1.4% ND — Port 1.5 years FVIII/vWF Prophylaxis 3/wk MTHFR TT Obesity  
< 1% Intron 22 — Port 7 years rFVIII Prophylaxis 3/wk FV 1691G>A None  
< 1% Intron 22 — Port 6 years FVIII/vWF Prophylaxis 3/wk MTHFR TT None  
< 1% Intron 22 Low responder Port 10 years pdFVIII IT following prophylaxis 3/wk MTHFR TT None  
< 1% Intron 22 High responder Port 7 months FVIII/vWF Prophylaxis 3/wk No risk identified so far None 

All 8 patients have hemophilia A.

F indicates factor; IT, immune tolerance therapy; Lp(a), lipoprotein (a); MTHFR TT, thermolabile methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677C>T genotype; ND, not determined; pdFVIII, purified factor VIII concentrate; rFVIII, recombinant factor VIII concentrate; FVIII/vWF, factor VIII/von Willebrand factor concentrate.

*

Above 30 mg/dL.

Catheter welded together with vessel wall and could not be completely removed.

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