Christopher Cannon Shares A Study Showing No Benefit When Adding an Antiplatelet to Anticoagulant in Stroke with AF and Atherosclerosis
Christopher Cannon, Cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Heart Letter, shared on LinkedIn:
”Small randomized trial showing no benefit, and increased bleeding when adding an antiplatelet to anticoagulant in those with stroke , atherosclerosis and AF.”
Read the full article in JAMA Neurology.
Article: Optimal Antithrombotics for Ischemic Stroke and Concurrent Atrial Fibrillation and Atherosclerosis. A Randomized Clinical Trial
Authors: Shuhei Okazaki, Kanta Tanaka, Yukako Yazawa, Ryosuke Doijiri, Masatoshi Koga, Masafumi Ihara, Shiro Yamamoto, Kenji Kamiyama, Yuko Honda, Kazutaka Uchida, Takeshi Yoshimoto, Koko Asakura, Katsuhiro Omae, Kenta Tanaka, Hirotada Maeda, Haruko Yamamoto, Teruyuki Hirano, Kazunori Toyoda, Yasuyuki Iguchi, Teruo Noguchi, Yasushi Okada, Kazuo Kitagawa, Nobuyuki Sakai, Hiroshi Yamagami

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