Objectives: We aimed to analyze the characteristics and mechanisms of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) who received prior anticoagulant therapy.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of patients with NVAF and AIS between January 2016 and December 2021. Patients were divided into non-anticoagulant, adequate anticoagulant, and insufficient anticoagulant groups according to their prior anticoagulant status. Patients with prior anticoagulant therapy were further divided into warfarin and direct oral anticoagulant groups.
Results: A total of 749 patients (661 without anticoagulants, 33 with adequate anticoagulants, and 55 with insufficient anticoagulants) were included. Patients with adequate anticoagulant had a milder National Institute of Health Stroke Scale at presentation ( P =0.001) and discharge ( P =0.003), a higher proportion of Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) ≤2 at discharge ( P =0.011), and lower rates of massive infarction ( P =0.008) than patients without anticoagulant. Compared with the non-anticoagulant group, the proportion of intravenous thrombolysis was significantly lower in the adequate anticoagulant ( P <0.001) and insufficient anticoagulant ( P =0.009) groups. Patients in the adequate anticoagulant group had higher rates of responsible cerebral atherosclerotic stenosis ( P =0.001 and 0.006, respectively) and competing large artery atherosclerotic mechanisms ( P =0.006 and 0.009, respectively) than those in the other 2 groups. Compared with warfarin, direct oral anticoagulant was associated with higher rates of Modified Rankin Scale ≤2 at discharge ( P =0.003).
Conclusions: Adequate anticoagulant therapy may be associated with milder stroke severity and better outcomes at discharge in patients with NVAF. Competing large artery atherosclerotic mechanisms may be associated with anticoagulant failure in patients with NAVF with prior adequate anticoagulant therapy.
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