Renal Impairment and Ischemic Stroke Risk Assessment in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation The Loire Valley Atrial Fibrillation Project

ConclusionsRenal impairment was not an independent predictor of IS/TE in patients with AF and did not significantly improve the predictive ability of the CHADS2 or CHA2DS2-VASc scores.

Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions - May 13, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research