[Comment] Towards definitive evidence about anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation after intracranial haemorrhage

Oral anticoagulation is the most effective intervention for the prevention of ischaemic stroke in people with atrial fibrillation.1 However, the prescription and uptake of oral anticoagulation for this indication has been suboptimal, often because of concerns about bleeding in ageing populations, who bear a growing burden of multimorbidity and frailty.2 Such so-called haemophobia, which contributes to physicians' greater fear of acts of commission than acts of omission, is a human factor frequently seen in our clinical practice.