Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: What's New?

Diana Aguiar de Sousa

doi:10.1055/a-1332-3042

Hämostaseologie, Table of Contents

Hamostaseologie 2021; 41(01): 025-030
DOI: 10.1055/a-1332-3042

Review Article

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: What's New?

Authors

Diana Aguiar de Sousa

¹Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health (Neurology), Hospital Santa Maria - CHULN, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

²Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de, Lisboa, Portugal

³Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Lisbon, Portugal

Abstract

Thrombosis of the cerebral veins and sinuses (CVT) is a distinct cerebrovascular disorder that, unlike arterial stroke, most often affects children and young adults, especially women. In this review, we will summarize recent advances on the knowledge of patients with CVT.

Keywords

cerebral venous thrombosis - brain lesion - recanalization - risk factor - anticoagulation

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