Ignacio Illán-Gala, Patricia Martínez-Sánchez, Blanca Fuentes, Yudy Llamas-Osorio, Javier Díaz de Terán, Melissa Báez, Gerardo Ruiz-Ares, Borja Enrique Sanz-Cuesta, Manuel Lara-Lara, Exuperio Díez-Tejedor
Our objective was to evaluate the effect of anticoagulation on cardioembolic stroke (CS) severity, outcomes, and response to intravenous thrombolysis (IVT). Observational study of CS patients admitted to a Stroke Center (2010-2013). The sample was classified into three groups based on pre-stroke oral anticoagulants (OAC) treatment (all acenocumarol) and the international normalized ratio (INR) on admission: (1) non-anticoagulated or anticoagulated patients with INR <1.5, (2) anticoagulated with INR 1.5-1...
July 2016: Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis