Hypercoagulability and Mortality of Patients with Stroke and Active Cancer: The OASIS-CANCER Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Patients with active cancer are at an increased risk for stroke. Hypercoagulability plays an important role in cancer-related stroke. We aimed to test whether 1) hypercoagulability is a predictor of survival, and 2) correction of the hypercoagulable state leads to better survival in patients with stroke and active cancer.

Methods

We recruited consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke and active systemic cancer between January 2006 and July 2015. Hypercoagulability was assessed using plasma D-dimer levels before and after 7 days of anticoagulation treatment. The study outcomes included overall and 1-year survival. Plasma D-dimer levels before and after treatment were tested in univariate and multivariate Cox regression models. We controlled for sy

SUBMITTER: Lee MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5307941 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature