Resumption of anticoagulation therapy after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage with patients mechanical heart valves.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with mechanical heart valves are usually maintained on anticoagulation therapy. However, after a spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage event, administration of anticoagulants is temporarily ceased, and it remains unclear when to restart anticoagulation therapy.

Methods

A cohort study was conducted to investigate the optimal time for restarting anticoagulation in patients with mechanical heart valves after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. All patients with mechanical valves who experienced spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage and were admitted to the Second Affiliated Hospital of the Zhejiang University Medical School between 2013 and 2018 were retrospectively enrolled in this study. The patient electronic medical records were reviewed and the correlation b

SUBMITTER: Luo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8848443 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature