title: Anticoagulants versus antiplatelet drugs for cervical artery dissection: case for anticoagulants.
abstract: There are no reliable data from randomised trials to decide whether anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents are better to prevent further thromboembolic events after cervical arterial dissection. Most neurologists favour anticoagulants based on the underlying pathology and the likely course of acute post-dissection thromboembolism.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Neurosciences, St Georges Medical School, London, UK. carotid@btopenworld.com
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Norris
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors