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Essentials in Primary Care Conference<br />
Wednesday, July 31, 2013<br />
Predicting Stroke Risk in NVAF:<br />
Scoring Systems<br />
• A variety of systems have been published<br />
• No single scoring system is universally accepted<br />
• Most widely used in the US is the CHADS 2 score<br />
• All scores have been derived from groups of<br />
Non- Valvular AF patients who were not<br />
anti-coagulated<br />
• Europeans recommend using the CHA 2 DS 2 -<br />
VASc score especially when the CHADS 2<br />
score is 0-1.<br />
Why CHADS 2 In AT9 Chest<br />
Guidelines 2012?<br />
“The CHADS 2 score is the most<br />
validated risk scheme, having been<br />
independently tested in at least 10<br />
separate cohorts after its original<br />
derivation.”<br />
You JJ, et al. CHEST 2012;141(2)(Suppl):e531S-e575S<br />
Jan Basile, MD<br />
Atrial Fibrillation & Stroke Prevention
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