At hospitals participating in the Get With the Guidelines (GWTG)-Stroke Program, anticoagulation use among ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation appears to have increased to high overall levels between 2003 and 2010. Research¬ers found that anticoagulation use improved from 88.4% to 95.2% during the 7-year span at hospitals participat¬ing in the GWTG-Stroke Program. Older age, diabetes, and African-American or Hispanic ethnicity were associated with a decreased likelihood of receiving anticoagulation.
