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How does evidence of cerebral amyloid angiopathy/microbleeds affect choices for secondary stroke prevention in patients with a history of ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation?

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Do you start anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in patients with isolated cortically based cerebral micro-hemorrhages?

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This is a discussion I have with the patient, mentioning that the positive predictive value of cortically based cerebral microhemorrhages is not absolute, especially when there is a small number of them and there are no other signs of small vessel disease (such as FLAIR changes or enlarged peri-vasc...

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