Evidence-Based Use of Antithrombotic Therapy
in the Prevention of Cardioembolic Stroke
Allyson Zazulia, M.D. -- Departments of Neurology and Radiology
Washington University School of Medicine -- Presented July 18, 2006

Anticoagulants in acute ischemic stroke:
summary of data from RCTs

In stroke patients as a group, heparin or heparin-like drugs at any dose do not produce any consistent benefit in:

• stroke progression
• early recurrence
• long-term outcome