Anticoagulation therapy in atrial fibrillation after intracranial hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is severe and fatal complication of anticoagulant therapy with an incidence 0.3-0.7% per year. For patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) anticoagulants are administered for decreasing risk of stroke and systemic embolism ...
A. S. Gerasimenko +3 more
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Embolic strokes of undetermined source: prevalence and patient features in the ESUS Global Registry [PDF]
Background: Recent evidence supports that most non-lacunar cryptogenic strokes are embolic. Accordingly, these strokes have been designated as embolic strokes of undetermined source (ESUS).
Ameriso, Sebastian F +27 more
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Sex-related differences in risk factors, type of treatment received and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute stroke: Results from the RAF-study (Early Recurrence and Cerebral Bleeding in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation) [PDF]
Introduction: Atrial fibrillation is an independent risk factor of thromboembolism. Women with atrial fibrillation are at a higher overall risk for stroke compared to men with atrial fibrillation. The aim of this study was to evaluate for sex differences
Abdul-Rahim, Azmil +72 more
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More, More, More: Reducing Thrombosis in Acute Coronary Syndromes Beyond Dual Antiplatelet Therapy-Current Data and Future Directions. [PDF]
© 2018 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.Common to the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is the formation of arterial thrombus, which results from platelet activation and triggering of the ...
Farag M +6 more
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Is porto sinusoidal vascular disease to be actively searched in patients with portal vein thrombosis? [PDF]
Porto sinusoidal vascular liver disease (PSVD) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) are distinct vascular liver diseases characterized, respectively, by an intrahepatic and a prehepatic obstacle to the flow in the liver portal system. PVT may also occur as a
D'Amati, G. +4 more
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D-dimer trends predict recurrent stroke in patients with cancer-related hypercoagulability
Introduction: In patients with cancer-associated hypercoagulability (CAH)-related stroke, D-dimer trends after anticoagulant therapy may offer a biomarker of treatment efficacy.
Jun Fujinami +6 more
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How to define the relative contraindications to oral anticoagulant therapy
There is currently a lack of consensus on which anticoagulant therapy contraindications should be considered “absolute” and which should be considered “relative”. Guidelines do not clearly identify absolute and relative contraindications to anticoagulant
Roberto F.E. Pedretti
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Cerebrovascular complications and infective endocarditis. impact of available evidence on clinical outcome [PDF]
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening disease. Its epidemiological profile has substantially changed in recent years although 1-year mortality is still high.
De Bellis, Antonio +8 more
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ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by antibody‐mediated complement activation. Efgartigimod, a neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) antagonist, is approved for treating generalized MG (gMG). However, its modulatory effects on upstream innate and adaptive immune cells remain largely unexplored.
Lei Jin +11 more
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For patients with atrial fibrillation, long-term oral anticoagulant therapy reduces the risk of ischemic stroke and systemic embolism, while increasing the risk of hemorrhagic complications.
E. S. Kropacheva, E. P. Panchenko
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