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Management of venous thromboembolic disease in patients with malignant brain tumours.
- Source :
- Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases; Jan2024, Vol. 117 Issue 1, p60-71, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- [Display omitted] This article addresses the management of venous thromboembolism in patients with malignant brain tumours, including both primary and secondary (metastatic) tumours. The available data on patients on venous thromboembolism recurrence and bleeding risks in patients with brain tumours is limited, since these patients have been excluded from most randomised, interventional, head-to-head, clinical trials comparing low molecular weight heparins to vitamin K antagonists or to direct oral Factor Xa inhibitors. More information is available from retrospective observational studies, which however were generally small, and carried a high risk of confounding. Their findings suggest that direct Factor Xa inhibitor use is associated with lower rates of intracranial haemorrhage compared with low molecular weight heparins. Overall, the safety profile of direct oral Factor Xa inhibitors when used to prevent venous thromboembolism recurrence in patients with either primary or secondary brain tumours appears to be favourable. The available data are in favour of using an anticoagulant at a full therapeutic dose in patients with primary and secondary brain tumours experiencing a venous thromboembolism, although they are not yet sufficiently robust to permit recommending a direct Factor Xa inhibitor over low-molecular weight heparin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18752136
- Volume :
- 117
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174411308
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acvd.2023.11.004