CHA2DS2-VASc score as an independent outcome predictor in patients hospitalized with acute ischemic stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a significant independent risk factor for 1-year mortality in patients with first acute ischemic stroke (AIS). The CHA2DS2-VASc score was initially developed to assess the risk of stroke in patients with AF. Recently, this scoring system has been demonstrated to have clinical value for predicting long-term clinical outcomes in AIS but the evidence is insufficient. This large-scale prospective cohort study investigated the independent predictive value of the score in such patients.

Methods

We included patients with AIS from the Taiwan Stroke Registry (TSR) during 2006-2016 as the present study population. Patients were divided into those with high (≥2) and low (<2) CHA2DS2-VASc scores. We further analyzed and classified patients according t

SUBMITTER: Su CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9278736 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature