Comparison of the ATRIA, CHADS2, and CHA2DS2-VASc stroke risk scores in predicting ischaemic stroke in a large Swedish cohort of patients with atrial fibrillation

Conclusion
In this SAF cohort, the ATRIA score predicted ischaemic stroke risk better than CHADS2 or CHA2DS2-VASc. However, relative performance of the categorical scores varied by population stroke rates. Score cut-points may need to be optimized to better fit local population stroke rates.

Source: European Heart Journal - November 16, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Aspberg, S., Chang, Y., Atterman, A., Bottai, M., Go, A. S., Singer, D. E. Tags: Prevention and epidemiology Source Type: research