Cerebrovascular complications associated with infective endocarditis and anticoagulant treatment strategies

Infective endocarditis often leads to various vascular complications, among which cerebrovascular complications are associated with increased mortality in the early and late stages of the disease. Anticoagulant therapy for infective endocarditis is still controversial. How to balance the risk of cer...

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Main Authors: XIAOKAITIJIANG Muhetaer, ZHAO Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tianjin Huanhu Hospital 2024-02-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/2824
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Summary:Infective endocarditis often leads to various vascular complications, among which cerebrovascular complications are associated with increased mortality in the early and late stages of the disease. Anticoagulant therapy for infective endocarditis is still controversial. How to balance the risk of cerebral embolism and bleeding events during the treatment is a difficult problem to define in clinical practice. This article reviews the epidemiology, pathophysiology, imaging evaluation methods and anticoagulation treatment strategies of disease⁃related cerebral embolism and bleeding events, in order to provide guidance for clinical anticoagulant treatment of infective endocarditis.
ISSN:1672-6731