Hemorrhagic transformation and stroke recurrence in children with cardiac disease receiving antithrombotic therapy for secondary stroke prevention.

Elizabeth PulcineMike SeedLeonardo Rodrigues BrandãoMahmoud SlimSunitha PalasamudramManohar ShroffMahendranath MoharirGabrielle deVeberNomazulu Dlamini

Published in: Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH (2021)

In spite of the 24% hemorrhagic transformation rate, antithrombotic therapy has a positive risk-balance in certain cardioembolic stroke subgroups, particularly in those with single-ventricle physiology, when accounting for stroke volume.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
young adults
left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary artery
coronary artery
bone marrow
brain injury
blood brain barrier
free survival
subarachnoid hemorrhage
smoking cessation