Clinical Question
Should I anticoagulate this patient?
Synthesises 3 trialsAF timing, ESUS, and recurrence prevention
What does the guideline say?
- §4.9 Anticoagulants· 2026
In carefully selected (eg, milder severity) patients with AIS with atrial fibrillation, a strategy of early oral anticoagulation poststroke is low risk and is reasonable compared with a strategy of delayed anticoagulation, although the efficacy of early anticoagulation for prevention of early recurrent stroke is not established.
The trials cited in the guideline's supportive text appear below.
Trials in this question· 3
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