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Left ventricular hypertrophy and left atrial size are associated with ischemic strokes among non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant users
ConclusionsPrior cerebrovascular events, diabetes, left ventricular hypertrophy, and increased left atrial size are risk factors for developing an IS among NOAC users.
Source: Journal of Neurology - August 7, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Stroke severity in patients with preceding direct oral anticoagulant therapy as compared to vitamin K antagonists
AbstractBackgroundAlthough direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) have proven at least equally effective in the prevention of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in patients with atrial fibrillation as compared to the vitamin K antagonists (VKA), no reliable data on the severity of AIS of DOAC patients as compared to VKA is available.MethodsUsing a prospectively collected cohort of AIS patients, we performed univariate and multivariate (displayed as adjusted Odds Ratios, OR and 95% confidence intervals, 95% CI) analyses regarding the severity of AIS in patients with preceding DOAC (N = 210) versus VKA (N = 173) therapy. Additio...
Source: Journal of Neurology - June 3, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research