The prediction of postoperative stroke or death in patients with preoperative atrial fibrillation undergoing non-cardiac surgery: a VISION sub-study.

CONCLUSIONS: In AF patients, the 3 thromboembolic risk scores performed similarly to the RCRI in predicting death within 30 days and the CHADS2 score was the best predictor of postoperative stroke/death regardless of type of surgery. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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Source: Thrombosis and Haemostasis - August 13, 2015 Category: Hematology Authors: McAlister FA, Jacka M, Graham M, Youngson E, Cembrowski G, Bagshaw SM, Pannu N, Townsend DR, Srinathan S, Alonso-Coello P, Devereaux PJ Tags: J Thromb Haemost Source Type: research