Early anticoagulation in patients with stroke and atrial fibrillation is associated with fewer ischaemic lesions at 1 month: the ATTUNE study

Background The optimal time to commence anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) after ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) is unclear, with guidelines differing in recommendations. A limitation of previous studies is the focus on clinically overt stroke, rather than...

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Main Authors: Stephen M Davis, Carlos Garcia-Esperon, Andrew Lee, Andrew Wong, Longting Lin, Bernard Yan, Christina Lam, Mark Parsons, Christopher Levi, Susan Day, Angelos Sharobeam, Ronak Patel, Yash Gawarikar, Michael Roizman, Amanda Gilligan, Matthew Lee-Archer, Kee Meng Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group
Series:Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Online Access:https://svn.bmj.com/content/early/2023/05/29/svn-2023-002357.full