This guidance document was prepared on behalf of the International Council for
Standardization in Haematology (ICSH), the aim of which is to provide hemostasis-related …

Study Design: Broad narrative review. Objective: To review and summarize the current
literature on guidelines, outcomes, techniques and indications surrounding multiple …

Background Preventing thrombosis is an important part of atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment.
However, it may increase the risk of bleeding, and bleeding risk assessment tools' predictive …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) significantly increases the risk of stroke and, therefore, stroke
prevention is an essential component of the management for patients with AF. This requires …

Background Guidance for periprocedural anticoagulant management is mainly based on
limited data from Phase III or observational studies and expert opinion. Hypothesis EMIT …

Background and Purpose—Atrial fibrillation (AF) is known to increase risk of ischemic stroke
(IS), but the risk of IS in isolated sinus node disease (SND) is unclear. We compared the …

Background: The HAS-BLED, HEMORR 2 HAGES, ATRIA, and ORBIT scores are used to
predict bleeding risk in anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Recently, these …

Patients treated with craniotomy for subdural hematoma (SDH) evacuation have a higher
readmission incidence when compared to other neurosurgical patients. Factors predictive of …

It remains unknown whether the comparative effectiveness of direct oral anticoagulants
(DOACs) and warfarin differs between atrial fibrillation patients with and without a history of …

Background Physicians' knowledge and practice of atrial fibrillation (AF) are determinants of
the efficacy of thromboprophylaxis. Hypothesis This study aimed to investigate physicians' …