Primary endpoint
stroke, hemorrhagic, bleeding
STROKE, BLEEDING, COMPLICATIONS
Safety of ticagrelor (180 mg loading dose during the first 9 h of stroke onset followed by 90 mg twice daily from the 2nd to the 90th day given orally) vs aspirin (300 mg loading dose during the first 9 h of stroke onset followed by 300 mg q.d. from the 2nd day to the 14th day then 75 mg q.d. from the 15th day to the 90th day) regarding hemorrhagic complications using the PLATO bleeding definition, and was assessed by rates of patient suffered from hemorrhagic complications in each group.