Effect of Known Atrial Fibrillation and Anticoagulation Status on the Prehospital Identification of Large Vessel Occlusion

Introduction: The Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Severity scale (C-STAT), Los Angeles Motor Scale (LAMS), Rapid Arterial Occlusion Evaluation (RACE) score, and Field Assessment Stroke Triage for Emergency Destination (FAST-ED) scales were designed to aid emergency responder identification of patients with stroke related to large vessel occlusion (LVO). We hypothesized that the addition of a known history of atrial fibrillation (AF) without anticoagulation to currently used scales would improve LVO detection.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - September 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Parneet Grewal, Sourabh Lahoti, Sushanth Aroor, Kaitlin Snyder, Luther C. Pettigrew, Larry B. Goldstein Source Type: research