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Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy for Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke in Patients Taking NOACs
Intravenous thrombolytic therapy with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (alteplase) is the cornerstone of acute ischemic stroke reperfusion therapy and is associated with significant improvements in outcomes. Historically, a number of exclusion criteria for use of alteplase had been in place, but over the past 20 years, some of these have been eliminated (eg, age>80 years, seizures at stroke onset) or have become less stringent (eg, exclusion criteria may not strictly apply to recent vitamin K antagonist treatment if the patient has an international normalized ratio<1.7, and treatment may be administered in an...
Source: JAMA - February 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

How Effective and Safe Is Factor XI Inhibition in Preventing Venous Thrombosis?
The introduction of the direct oral anticoagulants for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and the management of thromboembolism has transformed the care of patients with these disorders. These drugs, which selectively and reversibly inhibit factor Xa or thrombin in the common pathway of the coagulation cascade, have a wide therapeutic window; this allows for simplified dosing regimens without laboratory monitoring of most adult patients as contrasted to vitamin K antagonists. This class of drug is also associated with a lower bleeding risk than vitamin K antagonists, which has been most clearly demonstrated by a 50% ...
Source: JAMA - January 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research