title: Ask the doctor. Recently I read that aspirin can actually increase a person's risk for a stroke by causing bleeding in the brain. I have atrial fibrillation and my doctor wants me to take a blood thinner - if not warfarin, then at least aspirin. I've already had a heart attack and I don't want to run the risk of a stroke, so I have refused. What should I do?
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001241:Aspirin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020521:Stroke / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D001241:Aspirin