MRI characteristics in acute ischemic stroke patients with preceding direct oral anticoagulant therapy as compared to vitamin K antagonists

Abstract Background Despite the utility of neuroimaging in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS), imaging characteristics in patients with preceding direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) compared to vitamin K antagonists (VKA) have hardly been described....

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Main Authors: Thomas Raphael Meinel, Johannes Kaesmacher, Jan Gralla, David J. Seiffge, Elias Auer, Sebastién Frey, Marwan El-Koussy, Marcel Arnold, Urs Fischer, Martina Göldlin, Simon Jung, Arsany Hakim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
VKA
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-020-01678-4