Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: RESULTS: Of 405 patients, intracranial hemorrhage occurred in 39 (10%): 23 intracerebral hemorrhages, 10 subarachnoid hemorrhages, and 6 subdural hematomas. Of 27 patients who received antithrombotic reversal, 8 (30%) had inadequate coagulopathy reversal, and 3 of these patients had hemorrhage expansion or died before repeat imaging. One (4%) patient had a thrombotic complication ( deep vein thrombosis). Antithrombotic therapy was resumed in 17 (100%) survivors in a median time 8 days for antiplatelet agents and 14 days for warfarin. Recurrent intracranial hemorrhage occurred within a median of 7 days of antithrombotic resumption, while ischemic stroke occurred in a median of 428 days. Patients who resumed antiplatelets alone (n = 4) had a trend toward more thrombotic events (1.37 versus 0.14 events/patient-year [EPPY]; p = 0.08), including more fatal thrombotic events (0.34 EPPY versus 0.08 EPPY; p = 0.89) compared with those resuming warfarin ± antiplatelet (n = 14). Nonfatal hemorrhage event rates were 0.34 EPPY in the warfarin ± antiplatelet versus 0 EPPY in the antiplatelet-alone group (p = 0.16). No fatal hemorrhagic events occurred. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Sung-Min Cho, Nader Moazami, Stuart Katz, Randall Starling, Jennifer A Frontera |
Journal | The Annals of thoracic surgery
(Ann Thorac Surg)
Vol. 108
Issue 1
Pg. 52-58
(07 2019)
ISSN: 1552-6259 [Electronic] Netherlands |
PMID | 30763560
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2019 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Female
- Fibrinolytic Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Heart-Assist Devices
(adverse effects)
- Humans
- Intracranial Hemorrhages
(drug therapy, mortality)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prospective Studies
- Recurrence
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