Left Atrial Enlargement and Anticoagulation Status in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation

By Katarina Dakay, Andrew D. Chang, Morgan Hemendinger, Shawna Cutting, Ryan A. McTaggart, Mahesh V. Jayaraman, Antony Chu, Nikhil Panda, Christopher Song, Alexander Merkler, Gino Gialdini, Benjamin Kummer, Michael P. Lerario, Hooman Kamel, Mitchell S.V. Elkind, Karen L. Furie, Shadi Yaghi On Sep 14, 2017

Despite anticoagulation therapy, ischemic stroke risk in atrial fibrillation (AF) remains substantial. We hypothesize that left atrial enlargement (LAE) is more prevalent in AF patients admitted with ischemic stroke who are therapeutic, as opposed to nontherapeutic, on anticoagulation.