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Outcomes of Argatroban Treatment in Patients With Atherothrombotic Stroke
Author(s) -
Tomoki Wada,
Hideo Yasunaga,
Hiromasa Horiguchi,
Takehiro Matsubara,
Kiyohide Fushimi,
Susumu Nakajima,
Naoki Yahagi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.115.011250
Subject(s) - argatroban , medicine , modified rankin scale , stroke (engine) , odds ratio , propensity score matching , retrospective cohort study , confidence interval , ischemic stroke , thrombin , mechanical engineering , platelet , ischemia , engineering
Argatroban, a selective thrombin inhibitor, is recommended for the use in patients with atherothrombotic stroke by the Japanese Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke. We performed a nationwide Japanese study to investigate whether argatroban improved early stroke outcomes in patients with acute atherothrombotic stroke.

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