Antithrombotics
Study findings from T.N. Turan et al broaden understanding of antithrombotics
Published in Blood Weekly, March 12th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "We sought to determine if patients with intracranial stenosis who have a transient ischemic attack or stroke on antithrombotic therapy are at particularly high risk for recurrent stroke. We compared baseline features and the rates of stroke or vascular death and stroke in the territory of the symptomatic artery between patients ON (n=299) versus OFF (n=269) antithrombotics at the time of their qualifying event for the Warfarin-Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease (WASID) trial."
"In univariate analyses, there was no difference in the rates of stroke or vascular death (21% versus 23%; hazard ratio [ON/OFF], 0.91; 95% CI,...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-03-12)
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