“…19 Second, anticoagulation may mandate the individual to refrain from sports participation. 2,12 Finally, as participation in competitive exercise is viewed as a positive health-related behavior, it may sway clinicians and patients away from anticoagulation due to perceptions of low risk. Although exercise may be cardioprotective, the results from this study suggest that exercise does not completely exclude an individual from the risk of stroke, and hesitancy against anticoagulation therapy should be carefully explored and balanced while prospective data are unavailable.…”