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Thomas Vanassche
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 165
Citations - 3455
Thomas Vanassche is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 116 publications receiving 2128 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas Vanassche include Population Health Research Institute & Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven.
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2021 European Heart Rhythm Association Practical Guide on the Use of Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Jan Steffel,Ronan Collins,Matthias Antz,Pieter Cornu,Lien Desteghe,Karl Georg Haeusler,Jonas Oldgren,Holger Reinecke,Vanessa Roldan-Schilling,Nigel Rowell,Peter Sinnaeve,Thomas Vanassche,Tatjana S. Potpara,A. John Camm,Hein Heidbuchel,External reviewers,Gregory Y.H. Lip,Gregory Y.H. Lip,T. Deneke,Nikolaos Dagres,Giuseppe Boriani,Tze-Fan Chao,Eue Keun Choi,Mellanie True Hills,Itamar S. Santos,Deirdre A. Lane,Deirdre A. Lane,Dan Atar,Boyoung Joung,Oana Maria Cole,Mark Field +30 more
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Risk of ischaemic stroke according to pattern of atrial fibrillation: analysis of 6563 aspirin-treated patients in ACTIVE-A and AVERROES.
Thomas Vanassche,Mandy N. Lauw,John W. Eikelboom,Jeff S. Healey,Robert G. Hart,Marco Alings,Alvaro Avezum,Rafael Diaz,Stefan H. Hohnloser,Basil S. Lewis,Olga Shestakovska,Jia Wang,Stuart J. Connolly +12 more
TL;DR: In a large population of non-anticoagulated AF patients, pattern of AF was a strong independent predictor of stroke risk and may be helpful to assess the risk/benefit for anticoagulant therapy, especially in lower risk patients.
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Perioperative Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Receiving a Direct Oral Anticoagulant
James D. Douketis,Alex C. Spyropoulos,Joanne Duncan,Marc Carrier,Grégoire Le Gal,Alfonso Tafur,Thomas Vanassche,Peter Verhamme,Sudeep Shivakumar,Peter L. Gross,Agnes Y.Y. Lee,Erik Yeo,Susan Solymoss,Jeannine Kassis,Geneviève Le Templier,Stephen Kowalski,Mark Blostein,Vinay Shah,Elizabeth MacKay,Cynthia Wu,Nathan P. Clark,Shannon M. Bates,Frederick A. Spencer,Eleni Arnaoutoglou,Michiel Coppens,Donald M. Arnold,Joseph A. Caprini,Na Li,Karen A. Moffat,Summer Syed,Sam Schulman +30 more
TL;DR: Patients with atrial fibrillation who had DOAC therapy interruption for elective surgery or procedure, a perioperative management strategy without heparin bridging or coagulation function testing was associated with low rates of major bleeding and arterial thromboembolism.
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Embolic strokes of undetermined source: Prevalence and patient features in the ESUS Global Registry
Kanjana S Perera,Thomas Vanassche,Jackie Bosch,Mohana Giruparajah,Balakumar Swaminathan,K Mattina,Scott D. Berkowitz,Antonio Arauz,Martin O'Donnell,Sebastián F. Ameriso,Graeme J. Hankey,Byung-Woo Yoon,Philippa C. Lavallée,Luís Cunha,Nikolay Shamalov,Raf Brouns,Rubens José Gagliardi,Scott E. Kasner,Alessio Pieroni,Philipp Vermehren,Kazuo Kitagawa,Yongjun Wang,Keith W. Muir,Jonathan M. Coutinho,Ildikó Vastagh,Stuart J. Connolly,Robert G. Hart +26 more
TL;DR: This cross-sectional global sample of patients with recent ischemic stroke shows that one-sixth met criteria for ESUS, with additional ESUS patients likely among those with incomplete diagnostic investigation.
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Adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus to the vessel wall under flow is mediated by von Willebrand factor-binding protein
Jorien Claes,Thomas Vanassche,Marijke Peetermans,Laurens Liesenborghs,Christophe Vandenbriele,Karen Vanhoorelbeke,Dominique Missiakas,Olaf Schneewind,Marc Hoylaerts,Ruth Heying,Peter Verhamme +10 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that VWF-binding protein (vWbp contributes to vascular adhesion of S aureus through 2 independent mechanisms: shear-mediated binding to VWF and activation of prothrombin to form S a Aureus-fibrin-platelet aggregates.