Assessment of stroke risk in Middle Eastern patients with atrial fibrillation: The Gulf SAFE registry

Limited data are available on the epidemiology of AF in non-European, non-Caucasian populations . The aim of the present study was to present the thromboembolic risk profile and for the first time, to validate the performance of the CHADS2 (congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75years, diabetes, stroke/TIA doubled) and CHA2DS2-VASc (congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75years doubled, diabetes, stroke/TIA doubled, vascular disease, age 65–74, sex category [female]) scores in a Middle Eastern population.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - March 7, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: S. Apostolakis, M. Zubaid, W.A. Rashed, A.A. Alsheikh-Ali, W. Almahmeed, A. Shehab, K. Sulaiman, A. AlQudaimi, N. Asaad, H. Amin, D.A. Lane, G.Y.H. Lip, On behalf of the Gulf Survey of Atrial Fibrillation Events (Gulf SAFE) Investigators Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research