Journal article
Refining Clinical Risk Stratification for Predicting Stroke and Thromboembolism in Atrial Fibrillation Using a Novel Risk Factor-Based Approach The Euro Heart Survey on Atrial Fibrillation
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Contemporary clinical risk stratification schemata for predicting stroke and thromboembolism (TE) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are largely derived from risk factors identified from trial cohorts. Thus, many potential risk factors have not been included.
METHODS: We refined the 2006 Birmingham/National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) stroke risk stratification schema into a risk factor-based approach …
Authors
Lip GYH; Nieuwlaat R; Pisters R; Lane DA; Crijns HJGM
Journal
CHEST Journal, Vol. 137, No. 2, pp. 263–272
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 2010
DOI
10.1378/chest.09-1584
ISSN
0012-3692