To Treat or Not to Treat [Clinical Sciences]
Conclusions—Given the patient characteristics in this study, there is room for more patients to be treated with anticoagulants, without hemorrhages to prevail. In nonagenarians, hemorrhages increased somewhat more, but this did not affect the overall outcome in this age stratum.
Source: Stroke - Category: Neurology Authors: Peter Appelros, Bahman Farahmand, Andreas Terent, Signild Asberg Tags: Arrhythmias, Secondary Prevention, Anticoagulants, Mortality/Survival, Ischemic Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research
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