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Not All Patients With Atrial Fibrillation-Associated Ischemic Stroke Can Be Started on Anticoagulant Therapy
Stroke 37:1217-1220, Somerfield,J.,et al, 2006
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Article Abstract
In this cohort of patients with AF, warfarin was primarily underutilized before stroke onset, and it was too late to use anticoagulation, in approximately half, once a stroke had occurred. The decision to start or continue anticoagulation requires clinical judgment and should be made on a case by case basis after a complete risk benefit assessment.
 
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