Why the study?
Does anticoagulant administration cause conversion of ischemic to hemorrhagic infarction in patients with stroke?
Population
2 patients with ischemic infarction receiving anticoagulant therapy
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May associate with hemorrhagic conversion despite appropriate anticoagulation without hypertension; leaves open causality, requiring prospective studies.
Does anticoagulant administration cause conversion of ischemic to hemorrhagic infarction in patients with stroke?
Appropriate and carefully administered anticoagulation therapy can lead to the conversion of ischemic to hemorrhagic infarction even without hypertension or excessive anticoagulation.
Miles E. Drake (1983) studied this question.
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