Newer anticoagulants may help prevent strokes in AFib patients with previous brain bleeds

For people with atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular heartbeat, and intracranial hemorrhage, a type of stroke also known as a brain bleed, anticoagulant use was associated with a lower risk of ischemic stroke and death, according to a new study published in Neurology. The study also found no increased risk of more brain bleeds when people took newer anticoagulants.

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