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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1665-5044</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de neurociencia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. neurocienc.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-5044</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Academia Mexicana de Neurología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1665-50442020000100027</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/rmn.m20000075</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Carotid free-floating thrombus treated with apixaban: report of a case and review of literature]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Trombo libre flotante de la arteria carótida tratado con apixaban: revisión basada en un caso]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Soto-Rincón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castillo-Torres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gonzalez-Aquines]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Farías-Navarro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iris C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Escobar-Valdivia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Emmanuel J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Valadez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Erik A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chávez-Luévanos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Beatriz E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Góngora-Rivera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fernando]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Neurology Service ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Monterrey Nuevo León]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Department of Internal Medicine ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Monterrey Nuevo León]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Monterrey Nuevo León]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>21</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>27</fpage>
<lpage>30</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-50442020000100027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-50442020000100027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-50442020000100027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Free-floating thrombus of the internal carotid artery is infrequent (&lt; 1% of strokes), although its diagnosis is straightforward, its treatment represents a challenge. Based mostly on case reports, standard treatment consists of therapeutic anticoagulation, while waiting for carotid endarterectomy. Both unfractioned heparin and Vitamin K antagonists have been reported as efficaceous; nevertheless, due to its rarity, clinical trials with novel oral anticoagulants are lacking. We report a patient with cardioembolic stroke and a free-floating carotid thrombus successfully treated with apixaban.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Los trombos libres flotantes de la arteria carótida interna son infrecuentes (menos del 1% de los ictus), y representan un desafío terapéutico. El tratamiento actual, basado en series de casos, consiste en anticoagulación terapéutica en espera de endarterectomía. Tanto la heparina no fraccionada, como los antagonistas de vitamina K, han sido reportados como eficaces. Sin embargo, dada la escasez de casos, no se dispone de ensayos clínicos con nuevos anticoagulantes orales. Reportamos el caso de un paciente con ictus cardioembólico y un trombo libre flotante de la carótida, tratado exitosamente con apixaban.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Free-Floating Thrombus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Stroke]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Novel oral anticoagulants]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Trombo libre flotante]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ictus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Nuevos anticoagulantes orales]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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