Stratification with CHA2DS2-VASc score is better than CHADS2 score in reducing ischemic stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation

Int J Stroke. 2011 Oct;6(5):466. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00650.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications*
  • Brain Ischemia / classification
  • Brain Ischemia / epidemiology
  • Brain Ischemia / etiology
  • Brain Ischemia / prevention & control*
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Coronary Disease / complications
  • Coronary Disease / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism / classification
  • Intracranial Embolism / epidemiology
  • Intracranial Embolism / etiology
  • Intracranial Embolism / prevention & control*
  • Male
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index*
  • Stroke / classification
  • Stroke / epidemiology
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Stroke / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Fibrinolytic Agents