Abstract
Adjusted-dose warfarin and antiplatelet agents reduce stroke by approximately 60% and by approximately 20%, respectively, in patients who have atrial fibrillation. Warfarin is substantially more efficacious (by approximately 40%) than antiplatelet therapy. Absolute increases in major extracranial hemorrhage associated with antithrombotic therapy in participants from the trials included in this meta-analysis were less than the absolute reductions in stroke. Judicious use of antithrombotic therapy importantly reduces stroke for most patients who have atrial fibrillation.
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MedicineAntithromboticAtrial fibrillationWarfarinStroke (engine)Randomized controlled trialInternal medicineMeta-analysisClinical trialCardiology
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Robert G. Hart,
Lesly A. Pearce,
Maria I. Aguilar
(2007).
Meta-analysis: Antithrombotic Therapy to Prevent Stroke in Patients Who Have Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation.
Annals of Internal Medicine
, 146
(12)
, 857-867.
https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-146-12-200706190-00007
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- 10.7326/0003-4819-146-12-200706190-00007