1. Updated guidelines advise new treatments for brain hemorrhage
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... taking the blood-thinner warfarin when they have an ICH. Clinical trials to replace clotting factors using different approaches in these patients are also in planning stages. Marked elevation of blood ...

2. Oral anticoagulants better than antiplatelet drugs for stroke prevention in AF patients
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... complications in those patients who take warfarin, using MRI findings." Dr. Aguilar concluded: "Ultimately what is needed is an agent that combines the efficacy of warfarin with the safety of aspirin. ...

3. Women with symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis have worse outcomes than men
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... Dr. Williams and associates examined gender differences in clinical outcomes among patients with symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis enrolled in the Warfarin-Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease ...

4. Are dangerous blood clots lurking in your legs?
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... specialists, hematologists and the U-M Anticoagulation Service, which specializes in optimizing the care of patients who need long-term blood thinning treatment with the drug warfarin or other drugs.  ...

5. PCI safe during continuing anticoagulant therapy
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... be conducted safely during uninterrupted oral anticoagulant treatment, according to Finnish researchers. "The management of the increasing patient group anticoagulated with warfarin and referred for ...

6. Most strokes after TIA occur within 90 days
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... future stroke risk." The findings are based on analysis of data for 569 patients enrolled in the Warfarin-Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease (WASID) study, a randomized trial conducted at 59 sites. ...

7. Women may stop anticoagulants after blood clots
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... (brown discoloration), edema (swelling) or redness of either leg; 2) a D-dimer level (blood clotting test) of 250ug/L or more while taking warfarin, 3) BMI [body mass index] 30kg/m2; and aged 65 years ...

8. Warfarin safely continued during coronary angiography
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The results of a new study suggest that patients receiving long-term warfarin therapy do not need to stop the drug prior to coronary angiography. The results of a new study suggest that patients ...

9. Balance of risks may favor warfarin resumption after stopping because of an ICH
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After an intracerebral hemorrhage, the risk of recurrent hemorrhage when warfarin is restarted may be lower than the risk of VTE if warfarin therapy is not reinitiated, investigators report. After ...

10. NIH report on intracranial stent points out need for upcoming large-scale clinical trial
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... of intracranial arteries. The Warfarin-Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease Study (WASID) found that warfarin (commonly known by the brand name Coumadin) and aspirin provided similar stroke protection, ...

11. Dual antithrombotic therapy increases risk of bleeding events
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... studied more than 4000 patients who were taking one antiplatelet agent such as aspirin, dual antiplatelet agents, warfarin alone or warfarin along with an antiplatelet agent. During a median follow-up ...

12. Statins help with obesity-related plaque progression after heart surgery
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... warfarin and statin therapy following heart surgery. Of the subjects, 254 had a BMI of 30 to 34.9 (class I obesity) and 68 had a BMI of 35 or higher (class II or III). Angiographic evaluation at four ...

13. Stenting severe intracranial stenosis can reduce stroke risk
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... or greater risk of lesion-related ischemic stroke within 1 year when treatment consists of aspirin or warfarin, lead author Dr. Wei-Jian Jiang and associates at The Capital University of Medical Sciences ...

14. Warfarin safely continued during coronary angiography
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Tags: [angiography,warfarin,safe,long-term,bleeding,INR]  ...

15. Balance of risks may favor warfarin resumption after stopping because of an ICH
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Tags: [intracerebral hemorrhage, ICH, warfarin, recurrent hemorrhage, thromboembolic events]  ...