Scientific rationale for the inclusion and exclusion criteria for intravenous alteplase in acute ischemic stroke: a statement for healthcare professionals from the …

BM Demaerschalk, DO Kleindorfer, OM Adeoye… - Stroke, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Purpose—To critically review and evaluate the science behind individual eligibility criteria
(indication/inclusion and contraindications/exclusion criteria) for intravenous recombinant …

Absolute and relative contraindications to IV rt-PA for acute ischemic stroke

JE Fugate, AA Rabinstein - The Neurohospitalist, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Most of the contraindications to the administration of intravenous (IV) recombinant tissue
plasminogen activator (rtPA) originated as exclusion criteria in major stroke trials. These …

Dabigatran etexilate for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation: resolving uncertainties in routine practice

MV Huisman, GYH Lip, HC Diener… - Thrombosis and …, 2012 - thieme-connect.com
Dabigatran etexilate is a new oral anticoagulant recently approved in Europe for the
prevention of stroke or systemic embolism in adult patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation …

Comparative effectiveness of warfarin and new oral anticoagulants for the management of atrial fibrillation and venous thromboembolism: a systematic review

SS Adam, JR McDuffie, TL Ortel… - Annals of internal …, 2012 - acpjournals.org
Background: New oral anticoagulants (NOACs), including direct thrombin inhibitors (DTIs)
and factor Xa (FXa) inhibitors, are emerging alternatives for prophylaxis and treatment of …

Recommendations for the emergency management of complications associated with the new direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), apixaban, dabigatran and …

T Steiner, M Böhm, M Dichgans, HC Diener… - Clinical Research in …, 2013 - Springer
Dabigatran, apixaban, and rivaroxaban have been approved for primary and secondary
stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. However, questions have arisen about …

Risks of intracranial hemorrhage among patients with acute ischemic stroke receiving warfarin and treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator

Y Xian, L Liang, EE Smith, LH Schwamm, MJ Reeves… - Jama, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Context Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is known to improve outcomes in
ischemic stroke; however, patients receiving long-term chronic warfarin therapy may face an …

Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke in patients on direct oral anticoagulants

E Touzé, Y Gruel, I Gouin‐Thibault… - European journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Whereas intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) is allowed for acute
ischaemic stroke in patients on vitamin K antagonists with international normalized ratio≤ …

The new oral anticoagulants in clinical practice

WI Gonsalves, RK Pruthi, MM Patnaik - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2013 - Elsevier
Vitamin K antagonists were the only class of oral anticoagulants available to clinicians for
decades. However, with the US Food and Drug Administration approval of new oral …

Treatment of acute ischaemic stroke with thrombolysis or thrombectomy in patients receiving anti-thrombotic treatment

HC Diener, C Foerch, H Riess, J Röther… - The Lancet …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Systemic thrombolysis with alteplase is the only approved medical treatment for patients with
acute ischaemic stroke. Thrombectomy is also increasingly used to treat proximal occlusions …

Use of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in patients with acute ischemic stroke who take non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants before …

Y Xian, JJ Federspiel, AF Hernandez, DT Laskowitz… - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Intravenous rt-PA (recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator) is effective
in improving outcomes in ischemic stroke; however, there are few data on the use of rt-PA in …