Abstract
The article discusses the clinical features of cardioembolic stroke (CES). Approaches to the examination of a patient with clinical suspicion of CES are discussed within the framework of the concept of atrial cardiopathy and its main markers. The principles for choosing the timing of oral anticoagulant administration for the purpose of secondary prevention are presented. The article discusses the special aspects of direct oral anticoagulants prescription in difficult clinical situations, in particular, in elderly and senile patients, after reperfusion therapy, with the development of hemorrhagic transformation, in the presence of combined atherosclerosis, cerebral microangiopathy, anamnesis of intracerebral hemorrhage, as well as severe cognitive impairment. Approaches to the choice of oral anticoagulant in terms of purely clinical benefit are presented.
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