Internal carotid artery dissection with occlusion during heparin therapy
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چکیده
Internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD) is frequently treated with anticoagulation. Objections against anticoagulation are based on solely theoretical concerns of progressive intramural haematoma.We describe a patient with progressive stenoocclusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) due to intramural haematoma as a possible complication of immediate heparin treatment in ICAD. Heparin dosage was based on estimates of body weight due to aphasia. The later determined body mass index (15 kg/m2) showed that the initial dosage was 20% too high. Follow-up neurosonology disclosed haematoma-related ICA occlusion. Thus, in ICAD heparin treatment bears the risk of overanticoagulation leading to progressive mural haematoma, especially in low-weight patients.
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