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There once was an anticoagulant agent named tPA...hold up, this isn't a fairytale and this story doesn't cover tPA or TNK! Those are different stories for different days. 

Does every stroke patient we encounter need to be anticoagulated? Or should we not be so quick to pull that trigger? If you are going to give a stroke patient anticoagulants, which types of strokes should it be? What are the three main subsets that really need it? With that question comes another bigger question, which anticoagulant agents are most appropriate for these types of strokes? Join me on this episode as we discuss fractionated vs unfractionated Heparin, DOAC's, and Coumadin's roles in the stroke patients.