Research Article

Quality of Chronic Anticoagulation Control in Patients with Intracranial Haemorrhage due to Vitamin K Antagonists

Table 4

Differences between patients who died and survivors.

Patients who died (N=29)Survivors (N=22)

Age mean (years)7880n.s.

SBP mean (mmHg)170156n.s.

DBP mean (mmHg)8981n.s.

HR mean (bpm)8379n.s.

Glycemia mean (mg/dl)160132n.s.

HASBLED median2.82.4n.s.

CHAD2S2-VASc median3.54.23n.s.

NIHSS median256.1p<0.05

Leukoaraiosis %39%47%n.s.

Intraventricular extension %56%33%n.s.

Haemorrhage location N (%)
(i) Deep18.5%41.6%n.s.
(ii) Lobar29.6%45.8%n.s.
(iii) Intraparenchymal extensive14.8%8.3%n.s.
(iv) Intraventricular33.3%0n.s.
(v) Brainstem0 %8.3%n.s.
(vi) Cerebellum3.7%0 %n.s.

ICH volume (cm3)33.912.5p<0.05

INR on admission (mean)3.32.5p<0.05

n.s.: not statistically significant differences. SBP: systolic blood pressure. DBP: diastolic blood pressure. HR: heart rate. VKA: vitamin K antagonist. NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.