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Published in: Current Cardiology Reports 12/2013

01-12-2013 | Stroke (C Sila, Section Editor)

Cerebral Microbleeds and Macrobleeds: Should They Influence Our Recommendations for Antithrombotic Therapies?

Authors: Kellen E. Haley, Steven M. Greenberg, M. Edip Gurol

Published in: Current Cardiology Reports | Issue 12/2013

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Abstract

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH, or macrobleeds) and cerebral microbleeds—smaller foci of hemosiderin deposits commonly detected by magnetic resonance imaging of older adults with or without ICH—are both associated with an increased risk of future ICH. These hemorrhagic pathologies also share risk factors with ischemic thromboembolic conditions that may require antithrombotic therapy, requiring specialists in cardiology, internal medicine, and neurology to weigh the benefits vs hemorrhagic risks of antithrombotics in individual patients. This paper will review recent advances in our understanding of hemorrhage prone cerebrovascular pathologies with a particular emphasis on use of these markers in decision making for antithrombotic use.
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Metadata
Title
Cerebral Microbleeds and Macrobleeds: Should They Influence Our Recommendations for Antithrombotic Therapies?
Authors
Kellen E. Haley
Steven M. Greenberg
M. Edip Gurol
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Cardiology Reports / Issue 12/2013
Print ISSN: 1523-3782
Electronic ISSN: 1534-3170
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-013-0425-8

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