Early versus delayed anticoagulation treatment for people with non-valvular atrial fibrillation-related acute ischaemic stroke

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Jan 8:1:CD016045. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD016045.

Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the benefits and risks of early versus late initiation of oral anticoagulation (vitamin K antagonists or NOACs) in people with non-valvular atrial fibrillation-related ischaemic stroke.

MeSH terms

  • Anticoagulants* / administration & dosage
  • Anticoagulants* / therapeutic use
  • Atrial Fibrillation* / complications
  • Atrial Fibrillation* / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Ischemic Stroke* / drug therapy
  • Ischemic Stroke* / etiology
  • Ischemic Stroke* / prevention & control
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Stroke / complications
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Stroke / prevention & control
  • Systematic Reviews as Topic
  • Time Factors
  • Time-to-Treatment
  • Vitamin K / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Vitamin K