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. 2017 Jul 4;17(9):1–106.

Table 11:

Event Rates, Treatment Effects, and Severity: Hemorrhagic Stroke

Baseline Risk of Hemorrhagic Stroke
HAS-BLED Score Annual Probability of Event Standard Error Source
0 0.000 0.0007a Friberg et al, 201250
1 0.011 0.0007 Friberg et al, 201250
2 0.021 0.0008 Friberg et al, 201250
3 0.031 0.0011 Friberg et al, 201250
4 0.047 0.0023 Friberg et al, 201250
5 0.070 0.0077 Friberg et al, 201250
6 0.145 0.0408 Friberg et al, 201250
7 0.228 0.2576 Friberg et al, 201250
Treatment Effects
Intervention:Comparator Odds Ratio Standard Error Source
Warfarin:aspirin 1.98 0.1289 Aguilar et al, 200753
LAAC device:warfarin 0.21 0.5659 PREVAIL, Holmes et al, 201420; PROTECT AF, Reddy et al, 201440
Apixaban:warfarin 0.51 0.1950 ARISTOTLE, Granger et al, 201116
Dabigatran 110 mg:warfarin 0.31 0.3066 RE-LY, Connolly et al, 200915
Dabigatran 150 mg:warfarin 0.26 0.3254 RE-LY, Connolly et al, 200915
Rivaroxaban:warfarin 0.58 0.2340 ROCKET AF, Patel et al, 201117
Severity of Hemorrhagic Stroke
Event and Severity Proportion Standard Error Source
Proportion of hemorrhagic strokes that are:
   Fatal 0.429 0.0857 Goeree et al, 200554
   Major 0.119 0.0238 Goeree et al, 200554
   Moderate 0.429 0.0857 Goeree et al, 200554
   Minor 0.023 0.0048 Goeree et al, 200554

Abbreviations: HAS-BLED, Hypertension, Abnormal renal and liver function, Stroke, Bleeding, Labile international normalized ratios (INRs), Elderly, Drugs or alcohol; LAAC device, left atrial appendage closure device with delivery system.

a

Standard error assumed to be the same as for a HAS-BLED score of 1.