dicumarol and Cerebrovascular-Disorders

Topics: Brain Ischemia; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Dicumarol; Ethyl Biscoumacetate; Geriatrics; Heparin; Phenindione; Warfarin

Topics: Acenocoumarol; Angina Pectoris; Anticoagulants; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Dicumarol; Heparin; Humans; Myocardial Infarction; Phlebitis; Rheumatic Heart Disease; Thromboembolism; Thrombophlebitis; Warfarin

A Polycentric International Study was performed to evaluate the diagnostic methods in patients with cerebrovascular diseases. New tools and new non-invasive methods were proposed by the 15 centers collaborating in this study. The difficulty of defining a standard method to investigate not invasively and invasively these patients still remains.

Topics: Brain Ischemia; Brain Neoplasms; Carotid Artery Diseases; Cerebral Angiography; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Clinical Trials as Topic; Diagnosis, Differential; Dicumarol; Embolism; Heparin; Humans; International Cooperation; Intracranial Aneurysm; Methods; Mitral Valve Prolapse; Plethysmography, Impedance; Ultrasonography

Topics: Age Factors; Aged; Anticoagulants; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Clinical Trials as Topic; Diabetes Complications; Dicumarol; Electrocardiography; Female; Heart Failure; Hemorrhage; Heparin; Humans; Hypertension; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction; Phenindione; Placebos; Pulmonary Embolism; Recurrence; Sex Factors; Thrombophlebitis; Time Factors; Warfarin

Oral anticoagulation treatment with dicumarol preparations (warfarin sodium) is the standard in patients with atrial fibrillation. The effect of treatment depends on many factors, especially in elderly patients. In the study, we assessed the effect of treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation hospitalized in our cardiology ward from 2004 to 2005, in the form of a telephone survey (who controlled the treatment--general practitioner or internist?, the last 2 INR results, complications). INR 2.0-3.5 is considered an efficient therapeutic range. The proportion of permanently correctly anticoagulated patients is approximately 47% across the whole age range, the hypothesis of lower efficiency of treatment in elderly patients does not apply (48% of efficiently anticoagulated patients younger than 75 years vs. 46% of older patients--however, the study does not include polymorbid patients who could not take warfarin at all!) The fact whether a patient is monitored by a general practitioner or an outpatient specialist does not make any difference (49% of anticoagulated patients monitored by a general practitioner vs. 52% of patients monitored by an internist). The percentage of severe complications is relatively low (3.4%).

Topics: Age Factors; Aged; Anticoagulants; Atrial Fibrillation; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Dicumarol; Drug Monitoring; Female; Humans; International Normalized Ratio; Male; Warfarin

A case is presented with the acute development of a pineal region syndrome secondary to hemorrhage into a pineal cyst in a patient who was under anticoagulant therapy. Resolution of the symptoms and signs followed excision of the lesion.

Topics: Anticoagulants; Brain Diseases; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Cysts; Dicumarol; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pineal Gland; Syndrome

Topics: Acetylcholine; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Dicumarol; Ergoloid Mesylates; Heparin; Humans; Nicotinic Acids; Papaverine; Procaine; Theophylline

Ten cases of subdural hematoma and one case of spinal epidural hematoma encountered in patients who were receiving anticoagulant therapy are discussed.This surprisingly large number of complications was observed within three years in a single hospital and represents 36.6% of all chronic and subacute subdural hematomas seen during the same period. The cases are analyzed and the conclusion reached that the causal relationship between anticoagulant therapy and hemorrhage cannot be denied.Suggestions are made as to how to decrease the danger of such complications.

Topics: Adult; Aged; Anticoagulants; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Craniocerebral Trauma; Dicumarol; Female; Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial; Hematoma, Subdural; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction; Phlebitis; Recurrence; Spinal Cord Diseases; Spinal Cord Injuries

Topics: Age Factors; Aged; Anticoagulants; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Coronary Disease; Death, Sudden; Dicumarol; Female; Humans; Long-Term Care; Male; Myocardial Infarction; Retrospective Studies; Sex Factors; Thromboembolism

Topics: Adult; Aged; Arteriosclerosis; Blood Coagulation; Blood Coagulation Tests; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Coronary Disease; Dicumarol; Female; Femoral Artery; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction; Retinal Vessels; Thrombosis

Topics: Adult; Aged; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Dicumarol; Ethyl Biscoumacetate; Female; Humans; Infarction; Male; Middle Aged; Prothrombin Time

Topics: Angiography; Anticoagulants; Arteriosclerosis Obliterans; Blood Coagulation Tests; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Coronary Disease; Diabetic Angiopathies; Dicumarol; Leg; Mortality; Myocardial Infarction; Prognosis

Topics: Arteriosclerosis; Atrial Fibrillation; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Coronary Disease; Dicumarol; Diet; Diet Therapy; Family Practice; General Practice; Humans; Intracranial Embolism; Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis; Myocardial Infarction; Prothrombin Time; Thrombosis; Vitamin K; Warfarin

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anticoagulants; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Dicumarol; Female; Heparin; Humans; Postpartum Period; Puerperal Disorders; Thrombophlebitis

Topics: Anticoagulants; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Blood Cell Count; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Coronary Disease; Diabetes Mellitus; Dicumarol; Heart Failure; Heparin; Humans; Hypertension; Kidney Diseases; Liver Diseases; Myocardial Infarction; Peptic Ulcer; Pulmonary Embolism; Shock; Thromboembolism; Thrombophlebitis; Thrombosis; Varicose Veins; Warfarin

Topics: 4-Aminobenzoic Acid; Aminobenzoates; Bronchopneumonia; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Dicumarol; Dihydroergotoxine; Ergot Alkaloids; Femoral Neck Fractures; Fracture Fixation; Heparin; Mortality; Myocardial Infarction; Neoplasms; Phenindione; Preventive Medicine; Pulmonary Embolism; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Sweden; Thromboembolism

Topics: Acenocoumarol; Aged; Anticoagulants; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Coronary Disease; Dicumarol; Drug Therapy; Ethyl Biscoumacetate; Geriatrics; Humans; Incidence; Middle Aged; Mortality; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasms; Pathology; Phenindione; Thromboembolism; Warfarin