Anticoagulation after Spontaneous Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves and Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation

Anticoagulation after Spontaneous Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves and Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation

Aim Patients with mechanical heart valves and coexisting atrial fibrillation (AFib-MHV) who suffer an intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH, defined as bleeding solely within the brain parenchyma and/or ventricle) are at a high risk of thromboembolism without anticoagulation. Data are lacking regarding t...

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Main Authors: Jennifer H. Kang, Michael L. James, Allison Gibson, Ovais Inamullah, Gary Clay Sherrill, Michael W. Lutz, Christa B. Swisher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-09-01
Series:Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
Subjects:
anticoagulation
intracerebral hemorrhage
mechanical heart valve
atrial fibrillation
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1735653

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