Authors’ reply to Beales
BMJ 2016; 352 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i266 (Published 20 January 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;352:i266
- Laila Staerk, research fellow1,
- Gregory Y H Lip, professor2
- 1Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, and Gentofte, Kildegaardsvej 28, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark
- 2University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Birmingham City Hospital, Birmingham UK
- Lailastaerk{at}gmail.com
We thank Beales for his comments about our paper.1 2
It is correct that current guidelines for atrial fibrillation do not include antiplatelet agents for stroke prophylaxis. However, we thought it important to examine all possible antithrombotic treatments after a gastrointestinal bleed to compare the effectiveness and safety of oral anticoagulation versus non-resumption or antiplatelet agents. The results suggested that independent of the antithrombotic treatment regimen used before the bleed, patients with atrial fibrillation benefited …
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