Fatal intracranial haemorrhage occurring after oral anticoagulant treatment initiation for secondary stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Georgios K Tsivgoulis Aristeidis H KatsanosD J SeiffgeM PaciaroniD WilsonM KogaK MachaM CappellariB KallmünzerA A PolymerisK ToyodaValeria CasoD J WerringS T EngelterGian Marco De Marchisnull null

Published in: European journal of neurology (2020)

Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants for intracranial haemorrhages and VKA-ICH occurring during secondary stroke prevention of AF patients have comparable baseline characteristics and outcomes except for the risk of fatal ICH within 30 days, which might be greater in VKA-ICH.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
oral anticoagulants
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
type diabetes
optic nerve
adipose tissue
patient reported outcomes
optical coherence tomography
patient reported