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MRI characteristics in acute ischemic stroke patients with preceding direct oral anticoagulant therapy as compared to vitamin K antagonists
Despite the utility of neuroimaging in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS), imaging characteristics in patients with preceding direct oral anticoagulants (DOA...
Source: BMC Neurology - March 11, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Thomas Raphael Meinel, Johannes Kaesmacher, Jan Gralla, David J. Seiffge, Elias Auer, Sebasti én Frey, Marwan El-Koussy, Marcel Arnold, Urs Fischer, Martina Göldlin, Simon Jung and Arsany Hakim Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Use of vitamin K antagonists for secondary stroke prevention depends on the treating healthcare provider in Germany – results from the German AFNET registry
Conclusions: In the AFNET registry, anticoagulation for secondary stroke prevention was prescribed in roughly three-quarters of AF patients, a significantly higher rate than in primary prevention. We identified two factors associated with withholding oral anticoagulation in stroke survivors, namely higher age and—most prominently—treatment by a general practitioner/internist or physicians working at regional hospitals.
Source: BMC Neurology - August 5, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Karl HaeuslerAndrea GerthTobias LimbourgUlrich TebbeMichael OeffKarl WegscheiderAndrás TreszlUrsula RavensThomas MeinertzPaulus KirchhofGünter BreithardtGerhard SteinbeckMichael Nabaueron behalf of the AFNET registry investigators Source Type: research