James A. Reiffel, MD - Novel Oral Anticoagulants - Figure 55

Hemorrhagic Stroke

As seen in another non-direct alignment on a Forrest plot, this Figure shows that as regards hemorrhagic stroke, all these NOACs provide better anticoagulation therapy than warfarin.[118] In summary, bleeds in the head are statistically significantly less likely to occur with these newer anticoagulation agents.

 Reiffel JA. Am J Med 2013; 126: 00-00.