Antithrombotic Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients With Ischemic Stroke With Aspirin Treatment Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Many older patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke were already taking aspirin before admission. However, the management strategy for patients with aspirin treatment failure has not been fully established.

Methods

We used data from the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines Stroke Registry to describe discharge antithrombotic treatment patterns among Medicare beneficiaries with ischemic stroke who were taking aspirin before their stroke and were discharged alive from 1734 hospitals in the United States between October 2012 and December 2017.

Results

Of 261 634 ischemic stroke survivors, 100 016 (38.2%) were taking aspirin monotherapy before stroke. Among them, 44.4% of patients remained on aspirin monotherapy at discharge (20.

SUBMITTER: Lusk JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608737 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature