Twelve-month outcome in patients with stroke and atrial fibrillation not suitable to oral anticoagulant strategy: the WATCH-AF registry.
Celine GuidouxElena MeseguerElodie OngPhilippa C LavalléeCristina HobeanuLinsay Monteiro-TavaresHugo CharlesLucie CabrejoAnna Martin-BechetRicardo RigualNorbert NighoghossianPierre AmarencoPublished in: Open heart (2019)
One-fourth of patients with stroke associated with AF are not discharged on anticoagulation and have a dramatic increase in the risk of death or dependency at 12 months as well as recurrent stroke. Alternative treatments should be trialled in these patients.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- end stage renal disease
- heart failure
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- venous thromboembolism
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- mitral valve
- subarachnoid hemorrhage