Ischemic Stroke despite Oral Anticoagulant Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
David Julian SeiffgeGian Marco De MarchisMasatoshi KogaMaurizio PaciaroniDuncan WilsonManuel CappellariKosmas Macha MdGeorgios TsivgoulisGareth AmblerShoji ArihiroLeo H BonatiBruno BonettiBernd KallmünzerKeith W MuirPaolo BoviHenrik GensickeManabu InoueStefan SchwabShadi YaghiMartin M BrownPhilippe LyrerMasahito TakagiMonica AcciarreseHans Rolf JagerAlexandros A PolymerisKazunori ToyodaMichele VentiChristopher TraenkaHiroshi YamagamiAndrea AlbertiSohei YoshimuraValeria CasoStefan T EngelterDavid J Werringnull nullPublished in: Annals of neurology (2020)
Patients with AF who have an ischemic stroke despite previous oral anticoagulation are at a higher risk for recurrent ischemic stroke despite a CHA2 DS2 -Vasc score similar to those without prior oral anticoagulation. Better prevention strategies are needed for this high-risk patient group. ANN NEUROL 2020.