Circulation
Trial (n=187 on warfarin and 187 matched controls) found no significant survival advantage was observed in patients on warfarin. In patients with PAH linked to systemic sclerosis, long-term warfarin was associated with poorer survival than in patients not on warfarin.
The Lancet
RCT (n=1498) found patient-oriented endpoint occurred in 159 (21%) patients in the everolimus-eluting stents group vs. 192 (26%) in the bare-metal stents group (HR 0.80, 95% CI 0.65–0.98; p=0.033). This difference was mainly driven by a reduced rate of all-cause mortality.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
The combined data from recent RCTs have shown no statistically significant differences between these interventions in prevention of recurrent ischaemic stroke.
Treatment and Outcome of Thrombolysis-Related Hemorrhage: A Multicenter Retrospective Study
JAMA Neurology
This US study of 128 patients with symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage following thrombolysis for ischaemic stroke reports a median time to diagnosis of 470 minutes and highlights a role for cryoprecipitate in reversing recombinant tissue plasminogen activator coagulopathy.
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