Anticoagulants in Older Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation after Intracranial Hemorrhage

Anticoagulants in Older Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation after Intracranial Hemorrhage

Background and Purpose Patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) who survive an intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) have an increased risk of ischemic stroke and systemic embolism (IS/ SE). We investigated whether starting oral anticoagulants (OACs) among older NVAF patients after an ICH was as...

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Main Authors: Sylvie Perreault, Robert Côté, Brian White-Guay, Marc Dorais, Essaïd Oussaïd, Mireille E. Schnitzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Stroke Society 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Stroke
Subjects:
anticoagulants
atrial fibrillation
intracranial hemorrhages
Online Access:http://www.j-stroke.org/upload/pdf/jos-2018-02243.pdf

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