Ninety-Day Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack Recurrence in Patients Prescribed Anticoagulation in the Emergency Department With Atrial Fibrillation and a New Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Stroke

Background For patients with atrial fibrillation seen in the emergency department (ED) following a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke, the impact of initiating oral anticoagulation immediately rather than deferring the decision to outpatient follow-up is unknown. Methods and Results We conducted a planned secondary data analysis of a prospective cohort of 11 507 adults in 13 Canadian EDs between 2006 and 2018. Patients were eligible if they were aged 18 years or older, with a final diagnosis of TIA or minor stroke with previously documented or newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation. The primary outcome was subsequent stroke, recurrent TIA, or all-cause mortality within 90 days of the index TIA diagnosis. Secondary outcomes included stroke, recurrent TIA, or death and rates of major bleeding. Of 11 507 subjects with TIA/minor stroke, atrial fibrillation was identified in 11.2% (1286, mean age, 77.3 [SD 11.1] years, 52.4% male). Over half (699; 54.4%) were already taking anticoagulation, 89 (6.9%) were newly prescribed anticoagulation in the ED. By 90 days, 4.0% of the atrial fibrillation cohort had experienced a subsequent stroke, 6.5% subsequent TIA, and 2.6% died. Results of a multivariable logistic regression indicate no association between prescribed anticoagulation in the ED and these 90-day outcomes (composite odds ratio, 1.37 [95% CI, 0.74-2.52]). Major bleeding was found in 5 patients, none of whom were in the ED-initiated anticoagulation group. Conclusions Initiating oral anticoagulation in the ED following new TIA was not associated with lower recurrence rates of neurovascular events or all-cause mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Journal of the American Heart Association - 12(2023), 8 vom: 18. Apr., Seite e026681

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wilson, Graham [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Mukul [VerfasserIn]
Eagles, Debra [VerfasserIn]
Nemnom, Marie-Joe [VerfasserIn]
Sivilotti, Marco L A [VerfasserIn]
Émond, Marcel [VerfasserIn]
Stiell, Ian G [VerfasserIn]
Stotts, Grant [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jacques [VerfasserIn]
Worster, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Morris, Judy [VerfasserIn]
Cheung, Ka Wai [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Albert Y [VerfasserIn]
Oczkowski, Wieslaw J [VerfasserIn]
Sahlas, Demetrios J [VerfasserIn]
Murray, Heather E [VerfasserIn]
Mackey, Ariane [VerfasserIn]
Verreault, Steve [VerfasserIn]
Camden, Marie Christine [VerfasserIn]
Yip, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Teal, Philip [VerfasserIn]
Gladstone, David J [VerfasserIn]
Boulos, Mark I [VerfasserIn]
Chagnon, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Shouldice, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Atzema, Clare [VerfasserIn]
Slaoui, Tarik [VerfasserIn]
Teitlebaum, Jeanne [VerfasserIn]
Wells, George A [VerfasserIn]
Nath, Avik [VerfasserIn]
Perry, Jeffrey J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anticoagulants
Anticoagulation
Emergency medicine
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Stroke
Transient ischemic attack

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Date Completed 19.04.2023

Date Revised 01.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/JAHA.122.026681

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355312069