Dabigatran Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Without Atrial Fibrillation

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2685-2687

  Kate, Mahesh ^a   Gioia, Laura ^a   Buck, Brian ^a   Sivakumar, Leka ^a   Jeerakathil, Thomas ^a   Shuaib, Ashfaq ^a   Butcher, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

anticoagulants; brain infarction; dabigatran; stroke

Indexed keywords

DABIGATRAN; ANTITHROMBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSPEPSIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE PATIENT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTITHROMBINS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DABIGATRAN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84940417010     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.010383     Document Type: Article

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