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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
Long-term anticoagulant treatment was given to 25 patients with transient ischemic attacks (TIA) and 49 stroke patients with reversible ischemic neurological deficit or cerebral embolism. Another 16 TIA patients were observed without anticoagulant treatment. Life table analyses, comparing the observed with the expected frequency, revealed increased mortality in the TIA patients irrespective of whether or not they had received anticoagulants. The stroke patients treated with anticoagulants also had a higher mortality than expected. On the other hand, the incidence of subsequent stroke was not higher than expected in the TIA and stroke patients treated with anticoagulants, while it was significantly increased in the TIA patients not treated with anticoagulants. Thus, the risk of stroke, but not the risk of death, was normalized by the anticoagulant treatment. Unacceptably serious bleeding complications were seen in the group of stroke patients with anticoagulant treatment. Bleeding complications, in both TIA and stroke patients, seemed to be related to lengthy treatment, high blood pressure on admission or insufficient patient compliance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-6101
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
208
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
359-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
The outcome of patients with transient ischemic attacks and stroke treated with anticoagulants.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article