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Thromb Haemost 2004; 91(04): 690-693
DOI: 10.1160/TH03-11-0680
Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis
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Treatment with anticoagulants in cerebral events (TRACE)

Ralph Woessner
1   Department of Neurology, Westpfalz-Klinikum GmbH, Kaiserslautern, Germany
,
Markus Grauer
2   Department of Neurology, Max-Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
,
Oliver Bianchi
3   Department of Neurology, SHG-Kliniken, Merzig, Germany
,
Martin Mueller
4   Department of Neurology, University Hospital, University of the Saarland, Homburg, Germany
,
Stefan Moersdorf
5   Department of Hemostaseology, University Hospital, University of the Saarland, Germany
,
Peter Berlit
6   Department of Neurology, University of Essen, Germany
,
Michael Goertler
7   Department of Neurology, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
,
Karl-Heinz Grotemeyer
8   Department of Neurology, Klinikum Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany
,
Ulrich Sliwka
9   Department of Neurology, Klinikum Remscheid, Remscheid, Germany
,
Martin Stoll
1   Department of Neurology, Westpfalz-Klinikum GmbH, Kaiserslautern, Germany
,
Johannes Treib
1   Department of Neurology, Westpfalz-Klinikum GmbH, Kaiserslautern, Germany
› Author AffiliationsFinancial support: Our department has received funds from Aventis Pharma (formerly Rhone-Poulenc Rorer). All funds are administered and distributed through the departmental administration after a review process. None of the authors has received any funds personally.
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Received 08 November 2003

Accepted after revision 21 January 2004

Publication Date:
06 December 2017 (online)

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Summary

90 patients with acute stroke and a concomitant cardiac embolism source or a symptomatic high-grade stenosis of an extraor intracranial vessel received in a mulitcenter, randomized, controlled study either Enoxaparin 1 mg/kg BW s.c. b.i.d. or i.v. heparin aPTT-adjusted daily for 8 +/−2 days as secondary prophylaxis. There were no significant differences between the two groups regarding cerebral and systemic embolic events, bleeding complications, length of hospital stay, number of diagnostic and therapeutic measures and outcome after three months. This suggests that Enoxaparin, which is easier to administer and monitor, is a safe drug in patients with acute cerebral events.

Keywords

Heparin - stroke - anticoagulants

* J Treib designed the study. All authors collected data, did the analyses and contributed to the writing of the report.


 

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