Risk of Stroke in Patients With Short-Run Atrial Tachyarrhythmia [Clinical Sciences]

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between short-run AT and the stroke and the use of the CHA2DS2-VASc score for the risk stratification.Methods—From the registry of 24-hour Holter monitoring, 5342 subjects without known atrial fibrillation or stroke were enrolled. Short-run AT was defined as episodes of supraventricular ectopic beats 25 beats/d) independently predicted the risk of stroke. In subgroup analyses, short-run AT patients were divided into 3 groups based on their CHA2DS2-VASc scores: low score (score of 0 [men] or 1 [women]; n=324), intermediate score (score of 1 [men] or 2 [women]; n=275), and high score (score of ≥2 [men] or ≥3 [women]; n=996). When compared with low score, intermediate and high scores were independent predictors for stroke (hazard ratio, 6.165; P

Source: Stroke - November 27, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Shinya Yamada, Chin-Yu Lin, Shih-Lin Chang, Tze-Fan Chao, Yenn-Jiang Lin, Li-Wei Lo, Fa-Po Chung, Yu-Feng Hu, Ta-Chuan Tuan, Jo-Nan Liao, Abigail Louise D. Te, Yao-Ting Chang, Ting-Yung Chang, Cheng-I Wu, Satoshi Higa, Shih-Ann Chen Tags: Arrhythmias, Ischemic Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research