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

Conclusions:
Renal 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 - March 25, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Amitava Banerjee, Laurent Fauchier, Patrick Vourc'h, Christian R. Andres, Sophie Taillandier, Jean Michel Halimi, Gregory Y.H. Lip Tags: Heart Rhythm Disorders Source Type: research