Title: Cerebral Venous Thrombosis<br/>Author: Mike Winters<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/141/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p>
<strong><u>Cerebral Venous Thrombosis</u></strong></p>
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Approximately 25% of patients with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) will experience neurologic deterioration.</li>
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This is most commonly due to an increase in ICP that results in transtentorial herniation.</li>
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While heparin remains the treatment of choice for CVT, consider the following alternative strategies in the acutely decompensating patient:
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Endovascular thrombolysis</li>
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Mechanical thrombectomy</li>
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Decompressive hemicraniectomy</li>
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Fam D, Saposnik G. Critical care management of cerebral venous thrombosis. <em>Curr Opin Crit Care</em> 2016; 22:113-9.</p>
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