Measuring Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOAC) Levels: Applications, Limitations, and Future Directions
International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction There are important challenges with the measurement and interpretation of direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) anticoagulant effect including a lack of therapeutic ranges, inaccuracy of routinely available coagulation assays, lack of established thresholds for clinically significant effect, and uncertainty about how to apply the ...
Siraj Mithoowani +2 more
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Association of Magnet Status With Hospitalization Outcomes for Ischemic Stroke Patients. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: It is not clear whether Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (nursing excellence program) is associated with improved patient outcomes.
Bekelis, Kimon +2 more
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Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a frequent complication following endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in patients with acute ischaemic stroke (AIS), potentially leading to fatal pulmonary embolism (PE). Identifying patients early at high risk for DVT is clinically important.
Li Han +8 more
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Can Emergency Physicians Perform Carotid Artery Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Detect Stenosis in Patients with TIA and Stroke? A Pilot Study [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: Patients with severe, symptomatic carotid stenosis can have their subsequent stroke risk reduced by surgical intervention if performed soon after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke.
Nemnom, Marie-Joe +5 more
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Life-threatening post-thrombectomy hypotension due to residual complications from a translumbar catheter [PDF]
, 2010 Translumbar catheters offer an alternative life-saving option in patients without conventional dialysis access, though their use and complication rates are poorly understood.
Butty, Sabah D., Friedman, Allon N.
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Stroke, 2020 Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background and Purpose— Loss of cerebral autoregulation in the acute phase of ischemic stroke leaves patients vulnerable to blood pressure (BP) changes.
N. Petersen +14 more
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Carotid artery dissection linked to intermittent apnoeic swimming: A case–control study
Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.Abstract Internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection is a rare and potentially devastating cause of cerebral ischaemia, initiated by an intimal tear or rupture of the vasa vasorum, that can lead to an intraluminal thrombus, vascular stenosis, occlusion, or dissecting aneurysm formation.
Damian M. Bailey +14 more
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Acute Ischemic Pediatric Stroke Management: An Extended Window for Mechanical Thrombectomy?
Frontiers in Neurology, 2017 Ischemic stroke is a rare condition to afflict the pediatric population. Congenital cardiomyopathy represents one of several possible etiologies in children.
Ashish Kulhari +14 more
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Thrombus aspiration in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: results of a national registry of interventional cardiology. [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: We aimed to evaluate the impact of thrombus aspiration (TA) during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (P-PCI) in 'real-world' settings.
Caldeira, D +5 more
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Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Volume 94, Issue 5, Page 2158-2172, November 2025.Abstract Purpose Monte Carlo simulations and short diffusion time measurements have suggested neurite beading and swelling as the underlying mechanism of reduced diffusion in acute stroke, although the observed diffusion time dependence is often heterogeneous and not yet fully understood.
Mi Zhou +11 more
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