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Antithrombotic Therapy & Stroke Prophylaxis

Notes:

The optimal tradeoff between risk of hemorrhage and risk of thrombosus appears to be higher than the currently recommended level of anticoagulation of 2.5–3.5.  Cannegeiter and colleagues recommend a target INR of 3–4.

Would you continue to treat this patient with warfarin alone or also add ASA?

 

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This presentation was authored by Dr. Brian Gage of the Washington University School of Medicine.

 

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