Acute ICH in patients identified as being treated with either warfarin or direct-acting oral anticoagulant agents (DOACs) from a radiology perspective; a cross-sectional observational of 2359 emergency CT head studies.

•The use of direct oral anticoagulation (DOAC) is gaining popularity over warfarin.•The rate of acute intracranial haemorrhage is lower in patients treated with a DOAC compared to warfarinised patients.•The intracranial haemorrhage rate of DOACs is also lower in a cohort of patients with traumatic head injury.