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Outcomes of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis due to Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia After the Acute Phase

Anita van de Munckhof, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6028-3426, Erik Lindgren, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7628-5044, Timothy J. Kleinig, MBBS (Hons), PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4430-3276, Thalia S. Field, MD, MHSc, Charlotte Cordonnier, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5697-6892, Katarzyna Krzywicka, MD, MPhil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9478-0401, Sven Poli, MD, MSc https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0286-8781, Show All , Mayte Sánchez van Kammen, MD, MSc https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5614-9689, Afshin Borhani-Haghighi, MD, Robin Lemmens, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4948-5956, Adrian Scutelnic, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9053-584X, Alfonso Ciccone, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4590-3575, Thomas Gattringer, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6065-6576, Matthias Wittstock, MD, PhD, Vanessa Dizonno, MSc, Annemie Devroye, Ahmed Elkady, MD, MSc, Albrecht Günther, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2394-3947, Alvaro Cervera, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6644-0020, Annerose Mengel, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-3020, Beng Lim Alvin Chew, MD, Brian Buck, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7984-6062, Carla Zanferrari, MD, Carlos Garcia-Esperon, MD, PhD, Christian Jacobi, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9611-3805, Cristina Soriano, MD, Dominik Michalski, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0206-5380, Zohreh Zamani, MD, Dylan Blacquiere, MD, Elias Johansson, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5317-4563, Elisa Cuadrado-Godia, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9147-875X, Fabrice Vuillier, MD, PhD, Felix J. Bode, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4498-186X, François Caparros, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-0893, Frank Maier, MD, Georgios Tsivgoulis, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0640-3797, Hans D. Katzberg, MD, Jiangang Duan, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8849-2120, Jim Burrow, MD, Johann Pelz, MD, Joshua Mbroh, MD, MSc https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0108-9161, Joyce Oen, MD, Judith Schouten, MD, PhD, Julian Zimmermann, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1964-0078, Karl Ng, MBBS (Hons 1), PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7973-3773, Katia Garambois, MD, PhD, Marco Petruzzellis, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7413-6355, Mariana Carvalho Dias, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6603-1796, Masoud Ghiasian, MD, Michele Romoli, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8009-8543, Miguel Miranda, MD, MSc https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5285-1665, Miriam Wronski, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4888-7707, Mona Skjelland, MD, PhD, Mostafa Almasi-Dooghaee, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3244-1615, Pauline Cuisenier, MD, Seán Murphy, MD, Serge Timsit, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0346-8576, Shelagh B. Coutts, MD, MSc https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5090-5105, Silvia Schönenberger, MD, Simon Nagel, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2471-6647, Sini Hiltunen, MD, PhD, Sophie Chatterton, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4296-9285, Thomas Cox, MD, Thorsten Bartsch, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8387-5731, Vahid Shaygannejad, MD, Zahra Mirzaasgari, MD, Saskia Middeldorp, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1006-6420, Marcel M. Levi, MD, PhD, Johanna A. Kremer Hovinga, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1300-7135, Katarina Jood, MD, PhD, Turgut Tatlisumak, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2430-8988, Jukka Putaala, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6630-6104, Mirjam R. Heldner, MD, MSc https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3594-2159, Marcel Arnold, MD, Diana Aguiar de Sousa, MD, PhD, José M. Ferro, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2343-9097, and Jonathan M. Coutinho, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8284-982X [email protected] for the Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Study GroupAuthor Info & Affiliations

Abstract

Background:

Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) due to vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) is a severe condition, with high in-hospital mortality rates. Here, we report clinical outcomes of patients with CVT-VITT after SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) vaccination who survived initial hospitalization.

Methods:

We used data from an international registry of patients who developed CVT within 28 days of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, collected until February 10, 2022. VITT diagnosis was classified based on the Pavord criteria. Outcomes were mortality, functional independence (modified Rankin Scale score 0–2), VITT relapse, new thrombosis, and bleeding events (all after discharge from initial hospitalization).

Results:

Of 107 CVT-VITT cases, 43 (40%) died during initial hospitalization. Of the remaining 64 patients, follow-up data were available for 60 (94%) patients (37 definite VITT, 9 probable VITT, and 14 possible VITT). Median age was 40 years and 45/60 (75%) patients were women. Median follow-up time was 150 days (interquartile range, 94–194). Two patients died during follow-up (3% [95% CI, 1%–11%). Functional independence was achieved by 53/60 (88% [95% CI, 78%–94%]) patients. No new venous or arterial thrombotic events were reported. One patient developed a major bleeding during follow-up (fatal intracerebral bleed).

Conclusions:

In contrast to the high mortality of CVT-VITT in the acute phase, mortality among patients who survived the initial hospitalization was low, new thrombotic events did not occur, and bleeding events were rare. Approximately 9 out of 10 CVT-VITT patients who survived the acute phase were functionally independent at follow-up.

Graphical Abstract

Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) due to vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) is a rare adverse event of adenovirus-based SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) vaccines.1–3 CVT-VITT has substantially higher in-hospital mortality rates (20%–50%), compared with CVT unrelated to VITT (4%).2–4 We aimed to report clinical and functional outcomes of patients with CVT-VITT who survived initial hospitalization.

Methods

We used data from an international registry on CVT after COVID-19 vaccination collected until February 10, 2022. Details have been described.3 Inclusion criteria were radiologically or autopsy-confirmed CVT and symptom onset within 28 days of any SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. The ethical review committee of Amsterdam UMC waived formal approval for this observational study. This article follows the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology reporting guidelines. Original data are available upon reasonable request.
VITT classification was based on the Pavord criteria2 (Table S1). We included cases with definite, probable, or possible CVT-VITT. We excluded CVT-VITT patients who died during initial hospitalization, patients with missing follow-up data, and cases with CVT after mRNA vaccines, which do not cause VITT.5
We used the information from the last available visit. Outcome measures were mortality, functional independence (modified Rankin Scale score 0–2), VITT relapse after initial clinical remission, new thrombosis, and new major bleeding events according to the criteria of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
Clinical remission was defined as fulfilling the following criteria at any time during follow-up: (1) platelet count >150×109/L; (2) no clinical evidence of new or progressive ischemic organ injury; and (3) no immunomodulatory treatment for 30 days. Relapse was defined as a decrease in platelet count to <150×109/L (with other causes of thrombocytopenia ruled out), with or without clinical evidence of new ischemic organ injury, at any time after achieving clinical remission.
We calculated 95% CI using Wilson score method for main outcomes. Analyses were performed with IBM SPSS Statistics, version 28.0.1.0, RStudio version 1.3.1093 and R version 4.0.3 using the Hmisc package.

Results

Of 208 reported cases, 107 had CVT-VITT. In total, 43 (40%) died during initial hospitalization (Figure S1 and Table S2). Of the remaining 64 patients, follow-up data were available for 60 (94%) patients: 37 (62%) with definite VITT, 9 (15%) probable VITT, and 14 (23%) possible VITT.
Median age was 40 years (interquartile range, 27–56) and 45/60 (75%) patients were women (Table 1). Median follow-up time was 150 days (interquartile range, 94–194, Table 2). Two patients died during follow-up (3% [95% CI, 1%–11%]): one due to a new intracerebral hemorrhage and one of unknown causes (details in Table S3). The latter patient had a new thrombocytopenia during readmission for a COVID-19 infection, fulfilling the criteria for a VITT relapse. No other relapses or bleeding events were reported. No new venous or arterial thrombotic events were reported in any patient. Hospital readmission occurred in 9/54 (17%) cases, 4 of which were for a planned cranioplasty following decompressive hemicraniectomy (Table 2).
Table 1. Patient Details of Initial Hospitalization
 CVT-VITT patients who survived the acute phase (N=60)
Baseline characteristics
 Age, y40 (27–56)
 Female sex45/60 (75)
 Coma4/60 (7)
 Intracerebral hemorrhage30/60 (50)
 Concomitant VTE14/60 (23)
Laboratory data
 Platelet count nadir, x 109/L47 (29–69)
 Positive anti-PF4 antibodies47/53 (89)
 D-dimer level >4 mg/L FEU51/56 (91)
Treatment data
 Anticoagulation60/60 (100)
  Heparin as first anticoagulant*23/60 (38)
 Immunomodulatory treatment44/60 (73)
  Intravenous immunoglobulin44/60 (73)
  Plasma exchange4/60 (7)
  Corticosteroids17/60 (28)
  Other2/60 (3)
 Platelet transfusion10/60 (17)
 Intensive care unit admission37/58 (64)
 Endovascular treatment8/59 (14)
 Decompressive surgery10/59 (17)
Discharge data
 Duration hospital admission, median (IQR; range), d14 (8–26;1–53)
 Discharge disposition
  Home38/59 (64)
  Rehabilitation center19/59 (32)
  Other hospital2/59 (3)
Discrete data are presented as n/N (%), continuous data as median (IQR). Denominators <60 represent incomplete data points. CVT indicates cerebral venous thrombosis; FEU, fibrinogen equivalent units; IQR, interquartile range; PF4, platelet factor 4; VITT, vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia; and VTE, venous thrombotic event.
*
Unfractionated heparin or low-molecular weight heparin.
Three missing values.
Table 2. Outcomes of Patients Who Survived the Acute Phase of CVT-VITT
 CVT-VITT patients who survived the acute phase (N=60)
Clinical events
 Time from diagnosis to follow-up, d150 (94-194)*
 New VTE0/59
 New ATE0/57
 Major bleeding event1/55 (2)
 Hospital readmission9/54 (17)
Treatment
 Anticoagulant treatment ongoing at last follow-up44/53 (83)
Outcomes
 Clinical remission achieved41/53 (77)
  Relapse after remission1/35 (3)
 Mortality2/60 (3)
 Returned to work or school21/40 (53)
Discrete data are presented as n/N (%), continuous data as median (IQR). Denominators <60 represent incomplete data points. ATE indicates arterial thrombotic event; CVT, cerebral venous thrombosis; IQR, interquartile range; VITT, vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia; and VTE, venous thrombotic event.
*
Two missing values. In all cases, date of follow-up was after discharge.
Reason readmission (multiple possible): COVID-19 infection (1), cranioplasty (4), encephalopathy (1), headache (1), hepatitis (1), increased intracranial pressure (1), infection (1), inflammatory bowel disease (1), progression of brain metastases (1), and urinary tract infection (1).
Functional independence was achieved by 53/60 (88% [95% CI, 78%–94%]) patients at follow-up, compared with 41/58 (71% [95% CI, 58%–81%]) at hospital discharge (Figure and Figure S2). Overall, 21/40 (53%) patients had returned to work or school at follow-up.
Figure. Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of 60 patients with cerebral venous thrombosis due to vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (CVT-VITT) who survived the acute phase, at discharge and at follow-up. Note that CVT-VITT patients who died during initial hospitalization (43/107, 40%) are not included in the Figure. There are 2 missing mRS scores at discharge; both had mRS 0 at follow-up.
Platelet count at follow-up was available for 39/60 (65%) patients, details of which are provided in Figure S3. At least one D-dimer value at follow-up was available for 27/60 (45%) CVT-VITT patients. D-dimer levels declined from >4 mg/L in the acute phase to ≤0.5 mg/L at follow-up in 19/27 (70%) patients (Figure S4).

Discussion

This study indicates that—in sharp contrast to the high mortality rate during the acute phase—mortality of patients with CVT-VITT who survive initial hospitalization is low and new thrombotic and bleeding events rarely occur after discharge. Almost 90% of patients who survived the acute phase were functionally independent at follow-up and half of the patients had returned to work and/or school. One VITT relapse was reported, although not all patients had achieved clinical remission of VITT at follow-up.
The proportion of patients in our study who were functionally independent at follow-up is comparable to the proportion of patients with long-term functional independence after CVT not related to VITT, as reported in the ISCVT (International Study on Cerebral Vein and Dural Sinus Thrombosis; 88% versus 89%, respectively).4 The low number of adverse outcomes in surviving CVT-VITT patients may be explained by the fact that anti-PF4 (platelet factor 4) antibodies, which cause VITT,1 are transient.6 With the disappearance of the anti-PF4 antibodies, the triggering factor for VITT may have resolved.
In a study on the immune type of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, a disorder that resembles VITT,1 5/28 (18%) patients developed new venous or arterial thrombosis.7 A systematic review on CVT due to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia reported full recovery in only 4/18 (22%) cases, while all other cases had neurological sequelae.8 The higher median age of the patients with CVT due to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia may be one of the explanatory factors for the worse outcome.
This study has limitations. First, because data were collected as part of routine clinical care, duration of follow-up varied and there was no central adjudication of study outcomes. In addition, laboratory tests were often not repeated during follow-up. Second, while follow-up rate was over 90%, we cannot exclude the possibility that clinical events occurred in the 4 patients for which follow-up was missing. Third, the median time from diagnosis to follow-up was ≈5 months. In CVT not related to VITT, recovery can occur up to 1 year after diagnosis, which may indicate that the CVT-VITT patients in this study may still recover further.4
In summary, in contrast to the severity of CVT-VITT during the acute phase, mortality of patients who survived initial hospital admission was low and new thrombotic and bleeding events were rare. Approximately 9 out of 10 CVT-VITT survivors were functionally independent at follow-up.

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Acknowledgments

The conceptualization was done by Drs Jood, Tatlisumak, Heldner, Arnold, Aguiar de Sousa, Ferro, and Coutinho. The methodology was done by Drs van de Munckhof, Lindgren, Ferro, and Coutinho. The validation was done by Dr van de Munckhof. The formal analysis was done by Dr van de Munckhof. The investigation was done by all authors. The resources were done by Drs Ferro and Coutinho. The data curation was done by Drs van de Munckhof, Krzywicka, and Sánchez van Kammen. The writing-original drafted by Drs van de Munckhof, Lindgren, Ferro, and Coutinho. The writing-review and editing were done by all authors. The visualization was done by Drs van de Munckhof, Lindgren, Ferro, and Coutinho. The supervision was done by Drs Ferro and Coutinho. The project administration was done by Drs van de Munckhof, Lindgren, Krzywicka, Poli, Sánchez van Kammen, Scutelnic, Günther, Jood, Tatlisumak, Heldner, Arnold, Aguiar de Sousa, Ferro, and Coutinho. The funding acquisition by Drs Putaala and Coutinho. Drs van de Munckhof and Coutinho had full access to the data in the study and take responsibility for the accuracy of the data analysis.

Footnote

Nonstandard Abbreviations and Acronyms

CVT
cerebral venous thrombosis
ISCVT
International Study on Cerebral Vein and Dural Sinus Thrombosis
PF4
platelet factor 4
VITT
vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia

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  1. hospitalization
  2. intracranial thrombosis
  3. mortality
  4. thrombocytopenia
  5. vaccination
  6. venous thrombosis

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Anita van de Munckhof, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6028-3426
Department of Neurology (A.v.d.M., K.K., M.S.v.K., J.M.C.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden (E.L., K.J., T.T.).
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden (E.L., K.J., T.T.).
Timothy J. Kleinig, MBBS (Hons), PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4430-3276
Department of Neurology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia (T.J.K.).
Thalia S. Field, MD, MHSc
Division of Neurology, Vancouver Stroke Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (T.S.F., V.D.).
Charlotte Cordonnier, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5697-6892
University Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1172 - LilNCog - Lille Neuroscience & Cognition, France (C.C., F.C.).
Katarzyna Krzywicka, MD, MPhil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9478-0401
Department of Neurology (A.v.d.M., K.K., M.S.v.K., J.M.C.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Department of Neurology and Stroke, University Hospital Tuebingen (S.P., A.M., J.M.), Eberhard-Karls University, Germany.
Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (S.P., J.M.), Eberhard-Karls University, Germany.
Mayte Sánchez van Kammen, MD, MSc https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5614-9689
Department of Neurology (A.v.d.M., K.K., M.S.v.K., J.M.C.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Afshin Borhani-Haghighi, MD
Clinical Neurology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran (A.B.-H.).
Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium (R.L., A.D.).
Department of Neurology (A.S., M.R.H., M.A.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Department of Neurology, Carlo Poma Hospital, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Mantova, Mantua, Italy (A. Ciccone).
Thomas Gattringer, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6065-6576
Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Austria (T.G.).
Matthias Wittstock, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Rostock, Germany (M. Wittstock).
Vanessa Dizonno, MSc
Division of Neurology, Vancouver Stroke Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (T.S.F., V.D.).
Annemie Devroye
Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium (R.L., A.D.).
Ahmed Elkady, MD, MSc
Department of Neurology, Saudi German Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (A.E.).
Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Germany (A.G.).
Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (A. Cervera).
Department of Neurology and Stroke, University Hospital Tuebingen (S.P., A.M., J.M.), Eberhard-Karls University, Germany.
Beng Lim Alvin Chew, MD
Department of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia (B.L.A.C., C.G.-E.).
Division of Neurology, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Canada (B.B.).
Carla Zanferrari, MD
Department of Neurology, Azienda Ospedaliera di Melegnano e della Martesana, Italy (C.Z.).
Carlos Garcia-Esperon, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia (B.L.A.C., C.G.-E.).
Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (C.J.).
Cristina Soriano, MD
Department of Neurology, Hospital General de Castellón, Castelló, Spain (C.S.).
Department of Neurology, Leipzig University Hospital, Germany (D.M., J. Pelz).
Zohreh Zamani, MD
Department of Neurology, Firoozabadi Hospital (Z.Z.), Firoozgar Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran.
Dylan Blacquiere, MD
Division of Neurology, The Ottawa Hospital, Canada (D.B.).
Elias Johansson, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5317-4563
Department Clinical Science, Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine (WCMM), Umeå University, Sweden (E.J.).
Elisa Cuadrado-Godia, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9147-875X
Department of Neurology, University Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain (E.C.-G.).
Fabrice Vuillier, MD, PhD
Stroke Unit, University Hospital of Besancon, France (F.V.).
Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Germany (F.J.B., J.Z.).
University Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1172 - LilNCog - Lille Neuroscience & Cognition, France (C.C., F.C.).
Frank Maier, MD
Department of Neurology, Caritas Hospital Saarbrücken, Germany (F.M.).
Georgios Tsivgoulis, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0640-3797
Second Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (G.T.).
Hans D. Katzberg, MD
Department of Neuromuscular Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, Canada (H.D.K.).
Department of Neurology and Emergency, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (J.D.).
Jim Burrow, MD
Department of Neurology, Royal Darwin Hospital, Tiwi, Australia (J.B.).
Johann Pelz, MD
Department of Neurology, Leipzig University Hospital, Germany (D.M., J. Pelz).
Department of Neurology and Stroke, University Hospital Tuebingen (S.P., A.M., J.M.), Eberhard-Karls University, Germany.
Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (S.P., J.M.), Eberhard-Karls University, Germany.
Joyce Oen, MD
Department of Neurology, Antonius Ziekenhuis, Sneek, the Netherlands (J.O.).
Judith Schouten, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, Rijnstate Hospital Arnhem, the Netherlands (J.S.).
Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Germany (F.J.B., J.Z.).
Karl Ng, MBBS (Hons 1), PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7973-3773
Department of Neurology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia (K.N., M. Wronski, S.C.).
Katia Garambois, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, CHU Grenoble Alpes, France (K.G., P.C.).
Department of Neurology, AOU Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Italy (M.P.).
Mariana Carvalho Dias, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6603-1796
Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte, University of Lisbon, Portugal (M.C.D.).
Masoud Ghiasian, MD
Department of Neurology, Sina Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Science, Iran (M.G.).
Neurology and Stroke Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy (M.R.).
Department of Neurology, Hospital de Cascais Dr. José de Almeida, Cascais, Portugal (M.M.).
Department of Neurology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia (K.N., M. Wronski, S.C.).
Mona Skjelland, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway (M.S.).
Mostafa Almasi-Dooghaee, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3244-1615
Department of Neurology (M.A.-D., Z.M.), Firoozgar Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran.
Pauline Cuisenier, MD
Department of Neurology, CHU Grenoble Alpes, France (K.G., P.C.).
Seán Murphy, MD
Acute Stroke Service, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, UCD School of Medicine and RCSI Medical School, Dublin, Ireland (S. Murphy).
Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit, Hôpital de la Cavale Blanche, CHRU de Brest (University Hospital), Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Inserm 1078, Brest, France (S.T.).
Shelagh B. Coutts, MD, MSc https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5090-5105
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Radiology, and Community Health Sciences, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Canada (S.B.C.).
Silvia Schönenberger, MD
Department of Neurology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany (S.S., S.N.).
Department of Neurology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany (S.S., S.N.).
Sini Hiltunen, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Finland (S.H., T.T., J. Putaala).
Department of Neurology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia (K.N., M. Wronski, S.C.).
Thomas Cox, MD
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom (T.C.).
Thorsten Bartsch, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8387-5731
Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany (T.B.).
Vahid Shaygannejad, MD
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center (INRC), Iran (V.S.).
Department of Internal (INRC), Iran (V.S.).
Zahra Mirzaasgari, MD
Department of Neurology (M.A.-D., Z.M.), Firoozgar Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran.
Saskia Middeldorp, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1006-6420
Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Institute of Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S. Middeldorp).
Marcel M. Levi, MD, PhD
Department of Vascular Medicine (M.M.L.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
National Institute for Health Research, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), Biomedical Research Centre, London, United Kingdom (M.M.L.).
Johanna A. Kremer Hovinga, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1300-7135
Department of Hematology (J.A.K.H.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Katarina Jood, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden (E.L., K.J., T.T.).
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden (E.L., K.J., T.T.).
Turgut Tatlisumak, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2430-8988
Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden (E.L., K.J., T.T.).
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden (E.L., K.J., T.T.).
Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Finland (S.H., T.T., J. Putaala).
Department of Neurology, AOU Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Italy (M.P.).
Mirjam R. Heldner, MD, MSc https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3594-2159
Department of Neurology (A.S., M.R.H., M.A.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Marcel Arnold, MD
Department of Neurology (A.S., M.R.H., M.A.), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Diana Aguiar de Sousa, MD, PhD
Stroke Centre, Lisbon Central University Hospital Centre, Portugal (D.A.d.S.).
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal (D.A.d.S., J.M.F.).
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal (D.A.d.S., J.M.F.).
Department of Neurology (A.v.d.M., K.K., M.S.v.K., J.M.C.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
for the Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Study Group

Notes

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J.M. Ferro and J.M. Coutinho are joint last authors.
This manuscript was sent to Scott E. Kasner, Guest Editor, for review by expert referees, editorial decision, and final disposition.
Supplemental Material is available at Supplemental Material.
For Sources of Funding and Disclosures, see page 3210.
Correspondence to: Jonathan M. Coutinho, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Email [email protected]

Disclosures

Disclosures Dr Lindgren has received academic grants from the Swedish state under the agreement between the Swedish government and the county councils, the ALF agreement (ALFGBG 942851), Swedish Neurological Society, Elsa and Gustav Lindh’s Foundation, Wennerströms’ Foundation, P-O Ahl’s Foundation and Rune and Ulla Amlöv’s Foundation for research on cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). Dr Kleinig has received educational meeting cost assistance from Boehringer Ingelheim. Dr Field receives in-kind study medication from Bayer Canada, advisory board honoraria from HLS Therapeutics, compensation from BMS-Pfizer for consultant services, grants from Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, stock holdings in Destine Health, and service as Board Member for Destine Health. Dr Cordonnier has received speaker honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim, personal fees for advisory board participation from AstraZeneca and Biogen, and personal fees for steering committee participation from Biogen and Bristol Myers Squibb. Dr Poli received research support from BMS/Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, European Union, German Federal Joint Committee Innovation Fund, and German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Helena Laboratories and Werfen as well as speakers’ honoraria/consulting fees from Alexion, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, BMS/Pfizer, Daiichi Sankyo, Portola, and Werfen (all outside the submitted work). Dr Lemmens reports fees paid to his institution for consultancy by Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Ischemaview, Medtronic, and Medpass. Dr Scutelnic has received a grant from Swiss Heart Foundation. Dr Ciccone received speaker grants from Alexion Pharma, Italfarmaco, and Daiichi Sankyo. Dr Gattringer has received travel grants and speaker honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, Novartis, BMS/Pfizer, and Alexion. Dr Wittstock has received consulting fees from Portola/Alexion. Dr Günther has received personal fees from Bayer Vital, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Daiichi Sankyo, and compensation from Boehringer Ingelheim, Ipsen Pharma SAS, and PFIZER PHARMA GMBH for other services. Dr Jacobi has received speaker honoraria from Alexion, CSL Behring, TEVA, and Sanofi-Aventis and personal fees for advisory board participation from Alexion, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, and Merck Serono. Dr Johansson reports grants from Hjärt-Lungfonden, STROKE-Riksförbundet, Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse, Jeanssons Stiftelser, the Research fund for Neurological Research at the University Hospital of Northern Sweden, The Northern Swedish fund for stroke research, Region Västerbotten, and the research fund at Umeå University. Dr Katzberg has received personal fees for consulting and data safety monitoring board activities for Octapharma, Grifols, CSL Behring, UCB, Argenx, Takaeda, and Alexion, compensation from Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Merz Pharma (Schweiz) AG for consultant services, and his institution has received clinical trial support from Takaeda. Dr Nagel has received consulting fees from Brainomix and lecture fees from Boehringer Ingelheim and BMS-Pfizer. Dr Middeldorp reports grants from Bayer, Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Daiichi Sankyo paid to her institution, personal fees from Bayer, BMS/Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Abbvie, Portola/Alexion, and Daiichi Sankyo paid to her institution, and compensation from Sanofi and Viatris for other services. Dr Jood has received academic grants from the Swedish state under the agreement between the Swedish government and the county councils, the ALF agreement (ALFGBG 965417) for research on CVT. Dr Tatlisumak has received personal fees from Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Inventiva, and Portola Pharma. Dr Heldner reports grants from the Swiss Heart Foundation, the Bangerter Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation, and SITEM Research Funds, and Advisory Board participation for Amgen. Dr Arnold reports compensation from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Covidien, Daiichi Sankyo, Novartis, Sanofi, Pfizer, Medtronic and research grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Heart Foundation. Dr Aguiar de Sousa reports travel support from Boehringer Ingelheim, speaker fees from Bayer, Advisory Board participation for AstraZeneca, compensation from University of British Columbia for data and safety monitoring services, and compensation from Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa for other services. Dr Ferro has received personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, and Daiichi Sankyo as well as grants from Bayer. Dr Coutinho has received grants paid to his institution from Boehringer Ingelheim, Medtronic, and Bayer, compensation from PORTOLA PHARMACEUTICALS LLC for consultant services, and payments paid to his institution for data safety monitoring board participation by Bayer. The other authors report no conflicts.

Sources of Funding

This study was funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw, grant number 10430072110005), the Dr. C.J. Vaillant Foundation, and Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (grant TYH2022223).

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