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Do you add antiplatelet medications to patients already on anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation if they have a stroke due to a competing etiology?

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Neurology · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Adding antiplatelet therapy to anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation and a noncardioembolic stroke has not shown a clear benefit and definitely increases bleeding risk. Okazaki et al., PMID 41051787 did not find a benefit and increased bleeding risk. An exception might be in acute MI ...

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