Effect of Alteplase Use on Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Analysis of the Initiation of Anticoagulation After Cardioembolic Stroke Study

Effect of Alteplase Use on Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Analysis of the Initiation of Anticoagulation After Cardioembolic Stroke Study

Background Intravenous alteplase improves outcome after acute ischemic stroke without a benefit in 90‐day mortality. There are limited data on whether alteplase is associated with reduced mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)‐related ischemic stroke whose mortality rate is relatively h...

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Main Authors: Shadi Yaghi, Eva Mistry, Adam de Havenon, Christopher R. Leon Guerrero, Amre Nouh, Ava L. Liberman, James Giles, Angela Liu, Muhammad Nagy, Ashutosh Kaushal, Idrees Azher, Brian Mac Grory, Hiba Fakhri, Kiersten Brown Espaillat, Syed Daniyal Asad, Hemanth Pasupuleti, Heather Martin, Jose Tan, Manivannan Veerasamy, Charles Esenwa, Natalie Cheng, Khadean Moncrieffe, Iman Moeini‐Naghani, Mithilesh Siddu, Erica Scher, Tushar Trivedi, Teddy Wu, Muhib Khan, Salah Keyrouz, Karen Furie, Nils Henninger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
alteplase
atrial fibrillation
mortality
stroke
thrombectomy
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.020945

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