Table 1.
Demonstrating the recently described CHA2DS2-VASc thromboembolic risk score for patients with AF. It has a maximum of nine points where more points equate to higher thromboembolic risk as shown in Table 2.
| CHA2DS2-VASc | Condition | Points allocated |
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| C | Congestive heart failure or left ventricular (LV) dysfunction with ejection fraction (EF) ≤40% | 1 |
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| H | Hypertension | 1 |
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| A2 | Age ≥ 75 | 2 |
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| D | Diabetes | 1 |
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| S2 | Transient ischemic attack (TIA), stroke, or other thromboembolisms | 2 |
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| V | Vascular disease (e.g., peripheral artery disease, myocardial infarction, and aortic plaque) | 1 |
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| A | Age 65–74 | 1 |
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| Sc | Sex category, that is, female | 1 |