ASA is in, anticoagulants are out for acute ISCHEMIC stroke
September 2002
ASA is in, anticoagulants are out for acute ISCHEMIC stroke.
Experts now recommend that most patients get 160 to 325 mg of ASA within 48 hours after having an ischemic stroke.
Heparins DON'T reduce stroke-related mortality or disability like ASA does.
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