• Clinical outcomes and neuroimaging profiles in nondisabled patients with anticoagulant-related intracerebral hemorrhage 

      Lioutas V.-A., Goyal N., Katsanos A.H., Krogias C., Zand R., Sharma V.K., Varelas P., Malhotra K., Paciaroni M., Sharaf A., Chang J., Karapanayiotides T., Kargiotis O., Pappa A., Mai J., Pandhi A., Schroeder C., Tsantes A., Mehta C., Kerro A., Khan A., Mitsias P.D., Selim M.H., Alexandrov A.V., Tsivgoulis G. (2018)
      Background and Purpose: The aim of this study was to prospectively validate our prior findings of smaller hematoma volume and lesser neurological deficit in nonvitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC) compared with Vitamin K ...
    • Consensus statements and recommendations from the ESO-Karolinska Stroke Update Conference, Stockholm 11–13 November 2018 

      Ahmed N., Audebert H., Turc G., Cordonnier C., Christensen H., Sacco S., Sandset E.C., Ntaios G., Charidimou A., Toni D., Pristipino C., Köhrmann M., Kuramatsu J.B., Thomalla G., Mikulik R., Ford G.A., Martí-Fàbregas J., Fischer U., Thoren M., Lundström E., Rinkel G.J.E., Worp H.B.V.D., Matusevicius M., Tsivgoulis G., Milionis H., Rubiera M., Hart R., Moreira T., Lantz M., Sjöstrand C., Andersen G., Schellinger P., Kostulas K., Sunnerhagen K.S., Keselman B., Korompoki E., Purrucker J., Khatri P., Whiteley W., Berge E., Mazya M., Dippel D.W.J., Mustanoja S., Rasmussen M., Söderqvist Å.K., Escudero-Martínez I., Steiner T. (2019)
      The purpose of the European Stroke Organisation–Karolinska Stroke Update Conference is to provide updates on recent stroke therapy research and to give an opportunity for the participants to discuss how these results may ...
    • Dabigatran Reversal With Idarucizumab and In-Hospital Mortality in Intracranial Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review of Real-Life Data From Case Reports and Case Series 

      Frol S., Sagris D., Šabovič M., Ntaios G., Oblak J.P. (2021)
      Background: Intracranial hemorrhage is a severe and possibly fatal consequence of anticoagulation therapy. Idarucizumab is used in dabigatran-treated patients suffering from intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) to reverse the ...
    • Intravenous Thrombolysis After Dabigatran Reversal by Idarucizumab: A Systematic Review of the Literature 

      Frol S., Sagris D., Pretnar Oblak J., Šabovič M., Ntaios G. (2021)
      Background and Purpose: Idarucizumab achieves instant reversal of anticoagulation and enables intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) in dabigatran-treated acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients. AIS in dabigatran-treated patients ...
    • Neuroimaging and clinical outcomes of oral anticoagulant–associated intracerebral hemorrhage 

      Tsivgoulis G., Wilson D., Katsanos A.H., Sargento-Freitas J., Marques-Matos C., Azevedo E., Adachi T., von der Brelie C., Aizawa Y., Abe H., Tomita H., Okumura K., Hagii J., Seiffge D.J., Lioutas V.-A., Traenka C., Varelas P., Basir G., Krogias C., Purrucker J.C., Sharma V.K., Rizos T., Mikulik R., Sobowale O.A., Barlinn K., Sallinen H., Goyal N., Yeh S.-J., Karapanayiotides T., Wu T.Y., Vadikolias K., Ferrigno M., Hadjigeorgiou G., Houben R., Giannopoulos S., Schreuder F.H.B.M., Chang J.J., Perry L.A., Mehdorn M., Marto J.-P., Pinho J., Tanaka J., Boulanger M., Salman R.A.-S., Jäger H.R., Shakeshaft C., Yakushiji Y., Choi P.M.C., Staals J., Cordonnier C., Jeng J.-S., Veltkamp R., Dowlatshahi D., Engelter S.T., Parry-Jones A.R., Meretoja A., Mitsias P.D., Alexandrov A.V., Ambler G., Werring D.J. (2018)
      Objective: Whether intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) associated with non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOAC-ICH) has a better outcome compared to ICH associated with vitamin K antagonists (VKA-ICH) is uncertain. ...
    • Perioperative management of DOACs in vascular surgery: A practical approach 

      Kouvelos G., Matsagkas M., Rousas N., Nana P., Mpatzalexis K., Stamoulis K., Giannoukas A., Arnaoutoglou E. (2018)
      Background: Approximately 10–15% of patients on DOACs have to interrupt their anticoagulant before an invasive procedure every year. The perioperative management and monitoring of DOACs have proved to be challenging, as ...
    • Thrombolysis and thrombectomy in patients treated with dabigatran with acute ischemic stroke: Expert opinion 

      Diener H.C., Bernstein R., Butcher K., Campbell B., Cloud G., Davalos A., Davis S., Ferro J.M., Grond M., Krieger D., Ntaios G., Slowik A., Touzé E. (2017)
      Systemic thrombolysis with rt-PA is contraindicated in patients with acute ischemic stroke anticoagulated with dabigatran. This expert opinion provides guidance on the use of the specific reversal agent idarucizumab followed ...