INTRODUCTION The CHA2DS2 -VASc and R2CHA2DS2-VASc scoring systems were designed to stratify thromboembolic risk in patients with atrial fibrillation. The R2CHA2DS2-VASc score, compared with the ...

Olesen JB, Lip GYH, Hansen ML, et al. Validation of risk stratification schemes for predicting stroke and thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation: nationwide cohort study. BMJ 2011; ...

Female sex has a strong relationship with stroke risk in patients with nonvalvular A-fib, a new analysis affirms, but the disparity between women and men varies according to the presence of other risk ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and its diagnosis and management are crucial tasks for emergency physicians. An important aspect of treating patients with AF is ...

Researchers at the Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science have analyzed the impact of atrial fibrillation (AF) related stroke on women and men. Their latest understanding has the potential to ...

We evaluated a group of patients (n = 1000) arranged for echocardiographic examinations at Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital from March 2010 to March 2012 because of suspecting coronary artery ...

The improved CHA2DS2-VASc-Biomarkers risk calculator accounts for these additional risks factors by adding results from the blood tests to the calculation. In the first study, researchers looked at ...

A recent British study published in European Heart Journal has reignited discussions on the role of sex as a determinant in prescribing anticoagulants, particularly for patients under the age of 65.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk of systemic embolization in patients with valvular heart disease and AF is substantially higher than in ...

Adding blood tests to an existing risk calculator can help doctors suss out which patients with atrial fibrillation would most benefit from blood thinners, according to findings published Aug. 6 in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Katia Orvin, MD, of the cardiology department of Rabin Medical Center at Tel-Aviv University in Israel, and ...

This indicator covers the percentage of patients with atrial fibrillation and a last recorded CHA2DS2-VASc score of 2 or more who are currently prescribed a direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC) if ...