… Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major cause of stroke and … of patients with AF, aspirin has a limited
role in stroke prevention, being an … effect of aspirin on prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation, …

… warfarin is more effective than aspirin for lowering incidence of ischaemic stroke in patients
with atrial fibrillation, and our results … aspirin reported by others.5,16 However, patients in the …

… aspirin in prevention of stroke in people with atrial fibrillation who are aged 75 or over. With
respect to our primary aim, we showed that the frequency of major stroke, … in those on aspirin. …

… aspirin in the Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation studies and followed for a mean of two
years. Independent risk factors for ischemic stroke were identified by multivariate analysis. …

… with atrial fibrillation with high rates of stroke during aspirin … with atrial fibrillation had a high
stroke risk when taking aspirin, … aspirin were needed for elderly patients with atrial fibrillation. …

… In this Review, we summarise the data for and against warfarin and aspirin therapies and
discuss the clinical assessments and risk stratifications that guide the use of antithrombotic …

… Clinical trials testing aspirin for stroke prevention in AF showed varying efficacy (6-8), which
… effect of aspirin in specific patient subgroups, explained by differing mechanisms of stroke …

… for stroke prevention for AF have been studied in large randomised controlled trials that have
tested adjusted-dose warfarin, fixed low-dose (FLD) warfarin and aspirin, … than aspirin at …

… stroke in this study may have influenced the effect of aspirin (… Meta-analysis of the Stroke
Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (… aspirin appears to primarily reduce noncardioembolic stroke in …

… We have not demonstrated a benefit of aspirin for the prevention of stroke in patients older
than 75, in whom the recently reported AFASAK trial 3 suggested the efficacy of warfarin for …