Cerebral venous thrombosis.
Anisio Adalio de Azevedo Moraes JuniorAdriana Bastos ConfortoPublished in: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (2022)
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVT) consists of partial or complete occlusion of a sinus or a cerebral vein. CVT represents 0.5-1% of all strokes and is more frequent in young women. This review discusses particular aspects of CVT diagnosis and management: decompressive craniectomy (DC), anticoagulation with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), CVT after coronavirus-disease 19 (COVID-19) and Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT).
Keyphrases
- direct oral anticoagulants
- coronavirus disease
- venous thromboembolism
- atrial fibrillation
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- traumatic brain injury
- cerebral ischemia
- sars cov
- severe traumatic brain injury
- pulmonary embolism
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- dendritic cells
- high glucose
- diabetic rats
- cerebral blood flow
- immune response