Use of antithrombotics after hemorrhagic transformation in acute ischemic stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

There have been neither appropriate guidelines nor clinical studies about the use of antithrombotics after hemorrhagic transformation (HT). We sought to find whether the use of antithrombotics after hemorrhagic infarction might be associated with aggravation of HT and neurological deterioration.

Methods

This retrospective study included prospectively registered consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke and HT in our tertiary stroke center. We focused on the hemorrhagic infarction. Aggravation of HT was defined as either enlargement of the original HT or newly developed HT within the infarcted area by visual analysis. We analyzed relationships between antithrombotics and HT, and neurological deterioration after HT in patients with hemorrhagic infarction. In

SUBMITTER: Kim JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3938534 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature