Stroke Prevention in the Very Elderly

Stroke. 2018 Mar;49(3):796-802. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017952. Epub 2018 Jan 25.
No abstract available

Keywords: anticoagulants; atrial fibrillation; frailty; life expectancy; myocardial infarction.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Atrial Fibrillation* / complications
  • Atrial Fibrillation* / epidemiology
  • Atrial Fibrillation* / physiopathology
  • Atrial Fibrillation* / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Stroke* / epidemiology
  • Stroke* / etiology
  • Stroke* / physiopathology
  • Stroke* / prevention & control