The impact of competing stroke etiologies in patients with atrial fibrillation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data on the impact of competing stroke etiologies in stroke patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are scarce.

Methods

We used prospectively obtained data from an observational registry (Novel-Oral-Anticoagulants-in-Ischemic-Stroke-Patients-(NOACISP)-LONGTERM) of consecutive AF-stroke patients treated with oral anticoagulants. We compared the frequency of (i) the composite outcome of recurrent ischemic stroke (IS), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) or all-cause death as well as (ii) recurrent IS alone among AF-stroke patients with versus without competing stroke etiologies according to the TOAST classification. We performed cox proportional hazards regression modeling adjusted for potential confounders. Furthermore, the etiology of recurrent IS was assessed.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Zietz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10472960 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature