Factors associated with therapeutic anticoagulation status in patients with ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation

Understanding factors associated with ischemic stroke despite therapeutic anticoagulation is an important goal to improve stroke prevention strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We aim to determine factors associated with therapeutic or supratherapeutic anticoagulation status at the time of ischemic stroke in patients with AF.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 13, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Shadi Yaghi, Ava L. Liberman, Nils Henninger, Brian Mac Grory, Amre Nouh, Erica Scher, James Giles, Angela Liu, Muhammad Nagy, Ashutosh Kaushal, Idrees Azher, Hiba Fakhri, Kiersten Brown Espaillat, Syed Daniyal Asad, Hemanth Pasupuleti, Heather Martin, Jo Source Type: research