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Optimized Management of Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Published on: January 18, 2018
Venous thromboembolism prophylactic methods in acute stroke patients - current state of knowledge
Jan Paweł Bembenek1, Anna Członkowska
1Jan Bembenek, 2nd Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 9 Sobieskiego St, 02-957 Warsaw, phone: +48 22 4582872, fax: +48 22 8424023,
Abstract:
Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and its sequel, pulmo-nary em-bolism (PE), are serious complications of stroke. There are pharmacological and physical methods to prevent these complications. The authors review the lite-rature and present the current state of knowledge re-garding the effectiveness of each of the DVT and PE prevention methods in stroke patients and cite current Polish, European and American recommendations re-garding this issue. Heparins are the method of choice for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in both ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke patients.
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