What do systematic reviews say?

Anticoagulant vs control

Summary of findings table ‐ Anticoagulant showed no clear difference in dead or dependent at end of compared with control (high certainty).

• Anticoagulants for acute ischaemic stroke 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.98 [0.92, 1.03]
  13 studies · 22428 participants
  High