Risk of vitamin K antagonists in cases of cerebral microbleeds

- Cerebral microbleeds are associated with a higher risk of intracerebral hemorrhage.- When microbleeds are detected, the possible underlying pathology should be considered; this includes cerebral amyloid angiopathy and other factors that increase the risk of haemorrhage, particularly hypertension. - No randomised trials have yet been conducted into haemorrhagic complications and cerebral infarctions in patients with microbleeds who take vitamin K antagonists. This means that it is not clear whether the intended prevention of cerebral infarctions outweighs the increased risk of haemorrhage associated with use of vitamin K antagonists by these patients.- When deciding whether or not an older patient should be given anticoagulants the following should be taken into consideration as well: comorbidities, polypharmacy, the risk of falls and the probability that the patient can be optimally titrated to vitamin K antagonists. - If there is an increased risk of intracerebral haemorrhage but anticoagulants are indicated, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) might be preferable to vitamin K antagonists in patients with a history of cerebral microbleeds.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:162

Enthalten in:

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 162(2018) vom: 26., Seite D1790

Sprache:

Niederländisch

Weiterer Titel:

Risico’s van vitamine K-antagonisten bij cerebrale microbloedingen

Beteiligte Personen:

Verhaar, B J H [VerfasserIn]
Vernooij, M W [VerfasserIn]
Biessels, G J [VerfasserIn]
Muller, M [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

12001-79-5
Anticoagulants
Fibrinolytic Agents
Journal Article
Vitamin K

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.12.2018

Date Revised 20.12.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM280835124