Oral Anticoagulation and Adverse Outcomes after Ischemic Stroke in Heart Failure Patients without Atrial Fibrillation
Saeed O, Zhang S, Patel S, Jorde U, Garcia M, Bulcha N, Gupta T, Xian Y, Matsouaka R, Shah S, Smith E, Schwamm L, Fonarow G. Oral Anticoagulation and Adverse Outcomes after Ischemic Stroke in Heart Failure Patients without Atrial Fibrillation. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2021, 27: 857-864. PMID: 33975786, PMCID: PMC8355019, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.02.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral anticoagulationRecurrent ischemic strokeAcute ischemic strokeIschemic strokeHeart failureAtrial fibrillationOlder patientsHistory of HFInitiation of OACCox proportional hazard ratiosProportional hazard ratiosHeart failure patientsKaplan-Meier curvesClinical registry dataCause bleedingEligible patientsAdverse eventsCumulative incidenceFailure patientsHazard ratioSuch patientsYear mortalityAdverse outcomesClinical covariatesRegistry data