Table 4: Stroke characteristics and outcomes of AF patients regarding AC usage before stroke.

- Patients with AF p value
Patients with AC (n=53) Patients without AC (n=47)
Stroke type
Ischemic, n (%)
Hemorrhagic, n (%)
Ischemic with hemorrhagic transformation, n (%)
43 (43)
6 (6)
4 (4)
41 (41)
3 (3)
3 (3)
0.406
0.389
0.820
Stroke localization
Carotid artery, n (%)
Vertebral-basilar artery, n (%)
50 (50)
3 (3)
45 (45)
2 (2)
0.748
0.747
Thrombolysis, n (%) 31 (31) 35 (35) 0.239
NIHSS score
Before thrombolysis
After thrombolysis
7 days after thrombolysis
11 (1-25)
4 (1-16)
2 (0-8)
11 (3-21)
7 (1-18)
2 (0-17)
0.718
0.830
0.879
Barthel index score 65 (35-90) 65 (0-95) 0.167
Death, n (%) 6 (6) 5 (5) 0.913

AF-atrial fibrillation; AC-anticoagulants; NIHSS- the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.