Other haemorrhagic risk factors Rivaroxaban, like other antithrombotic agents, is to be used with caution in patients with an increased bleeding risk such as: • congenital or acquired bleeding disorders • uncontrolled severe arterial hypertension • active ulcerative gastrointestinal disease • recent gastrointestinal ulcerations • vascular retinopathy • recent intracranial or intracerebral haemorrhage • intraspinal or intracerebral vascular abnormalities • recent brain, spinal or ophthalmological surgery.