What is the Usefulness of Renal Dysfunction in Predicting Thromboembolism in Addition to CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores?TzeFan Chao, MD
The CHA2DS2-VASc, Framingham Risk score for atrial fibrillation (AF), and the Rietbrock modified CHADS2 scoring systems are better than chance and the CHADS2 scoring system at predicting the risk for stroke in patients with AF. To determine bleeding risk, the HAS-BLED score is more accurate...
Treatment of atrial fibrillation in East Asia: What is perception and what is reality?CHADS(2) scoreCHA(2)DS-VASc scoreAtrial fibrillationIschemic strokeIntracranial hemorrhageHeart Rhythm. 2014 Aug;11(8):1409-10. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.05.016. Epub 2014 May 20. Comment; Editorial...
hemorrhagic stroke, systemic embolism, and cardiovascular/unexplained death.The mean CHADS₂ score and CHA₂DS₂-VASc (CHADS₂ score plus 2 points for age ≥75 years and 1 point for vascular disease, age 65 to 74 years, or female sex) score were 2.8 ± 1.2 and 4.4 ± 1.7, respect...
In the update of the ESC guideline on the management of atrial fibrillation published in 2012, the authors proposed the use of a scoring system of differentiated indications for use of anticoagulation in which the currently established CHADS2-score is supplemented by the CHA2DS2-VASc score, this...