Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2010
Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine whether CHADS(2) score (the acronym of risk factors: CCF, hypertension, age>75years, diabetes mellitus and prior stroke)is predictive of left atrial appendage thrombus (LAAT) in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). Conslusions: The CHADS(2) score predicts the presence of LAAT in AF patients.
The novel scoring system better identified those AF patients at greatest cardioembolic risk.