title: Anticoagulant treatment to prevent cerebral infarction.
abstract: The indications for anticoagulant treatment to prevent cerebral infarction or progression of cerebral infarction are now clear. The indications are: (1) Prevention of recurrent embolization from a cardiac source (long-term anticoaguland treatment). (2) Transient ischemic attacks (particularly vertebrobasilar system) if a surgically accessible causative lesion, polycythemia, and thrombocytosis are not present (anticoagulants for a few months.) (3) Progressing stroke in either systme assuming that the neurological defect is partial and CT scan shows no evidence of bleeding (anticoagulants for a few months.) (4) Rarely, completed stroke (long-term).
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001488:Basilar Artery; D002339:Carotid Arteries; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000517:prevention & control; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants