Ammar Jumah, Siyuan Fu, Abdalla Jamal Albanna, Utkarsh Agarwal, Michael Fana, Omar Choudhury, Anas Idris, Abdelrahman Elfaham, Zahid Iqbal, Lonni Schultz, Katie Latack, Megan Brady, Dawn Scozzari, Ahmad Riad Ramadan
BACKGROUND: Current literature lacks guidance on the safety of administering anticoagulation in acute ischemic stroke with emergent indications that require anticoagulation other than atrial fibrillation. Therefore, we tend to rely on studies investigating acute ischemic stroke in atrial fibrillation for anticoagulation recommendations. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed data for patients with acute ischemic stroke who had a non-atrial fibrillation emergent indication for anticoagulation (e...
May 3, 2024: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases: the Official Journal of National Stroke Association