Question 331 · LEK · Atrial fibrillation
A 67-year-old woman with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus (CHA₂DS₂-VASc score of 4) in the prevention of ischaemic stroke requires the treatment with:
- A. only acetylsalicylic acid.
- B. only clopidogrel.
- C. acetylsalicylic acid and clopidogrel.
- D. non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant (dabigatran, rivaroxaban) or vitamin K antagonists (acenocoumarol, warfarin).
- E. she does not require any anticoagulant.
Hint
Count the CHA2DS2-VASc points and recall the score above which oral anticoagulation is recommended in a woman.
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