Rivaroxaban compared with warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation and previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack: a subgroup analysis of ROCKET AF.

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Published in Lancet Neurol on March 07, 2012

Authors

Graeme J Hankey1, Manesh R Patel, Susanna R Stevens, Richard C Becker, Günter Breithardt, Antonio Carolei, Hans-Christoph Diener, Geoffrey A Donnan, Jonathan L Halperin, Kenneth W Mahaffey, Jean-Louis Mas, Ayrton Massaro, Bo Norrving, Christopher C Nessel, John F Paolini, Risto O Roine, Daniel E Singer, Lawrence Wong, Robert M Califf, Keith A A Fox, Werner Hacke, ROCKET AF Steering Committee Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia. gjhankey@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Associated clinical trials:

An Efficacy and Safety Study of Rivaroxaban With Warfarin for the Prevention of Stroke and Non-Central Nervous System Systemic Embolism in Patients With Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation | NCT00403767

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Versus Novel Oral Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (Occlusion-AF) | NCT03642509

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