Presumed Basilar Artery Thrombosis and Anticoagulation
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Vol. 1 (4) , 227-230
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000108847
Abstract
We analyzed the outcome of 61 consecutive patients with presumed basilar artery thrombosis. Patients received anticoagulation unless a possibly favorable effect of such a treatment was not expected. Eight of 23 patients receiving anticoagulation died, against 30 of 38 patients not receiving this treatment (odds ratio 0.14; 95% CI: 0.04–0.47; p < 0.05). However, after adjusting for differences in age distribution and degree of initial deficit, no statistically significant difference remained. Our data do not argue in favor of or against anticoagulation treatment in patients with basilar artery thrombosis.Keywords
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