Although non-stroke outcomes are more common, stroke risk scores can be used for prediction in patients with atrial fibrillation

BACKGROUND: We investigated whether cardiovascular outcome patterns differ across atrial fibrillation (AF) subgroups defined by age, valvular status, newly diagnosed vs. prevalent cases, or anticoagulation status, and whether stroke risk models can accurately predict non-stroke outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed a retrospective cohort study of all 147,952 adults with AF in Alberta, Canada between January 2008 and March 2014: 23,095 …