Usefulness of CHA2DS2-VASc Score to Predict Stroke Risk Independent of Atrial Fibrillation

We examined whether a CHA2DS2-VASc score predicts stroke risk among individuals without hospital-diagnosed AF and quantified the magnitude of the association in comparison to AF patients. We used data from population-based medical registries (1995 to 2005) covering all Danish hospitals to identify patients diagnosed with AF (n  = 122,980). We matched ≤5 non-AF individuals (n = 612,723) to each AF patient on the individual risk factors included in the CHA2DS2-VASc score.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - July 14, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Anne Gulbech Ording, Erzs ébet Horváth-Puhó, Paolo Prandoni, Michelle Zippora Leisner, Dóra Körmendiné Farkas, Flemming Hald Steffensen, Morten Olsen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Morten Schmidt Source Type: research