Pre- and post-stroke oral antithrombotics and mortality in patients with ischaemic stroke.

Luis Alberto García-RodríguezDavid GaistYanina BalabanovaGunnar BrobertMike SharmaLucía Cea-Soriano

Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2022)

Our findings identify areas for improvement in clinical practice, including optimising the level of OAC prescribing to patients with known AF, which could potentially help reduce the future burden of stroke.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
clinical practice
primary care
cardiovascular events
cerebral ischemia
coronary artery disease
brain injury