Olesen JB, Lip GYH, Hansen ML, et al. Validation of risk stratification schemes for predicting stroke and thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation: nationwide cohort study. BMJ 2011; ...

Female sex has a strong relationship with stroke risk in patients with nonvalvular A-fib, a new analysis affirms, but the disparity between women and men varies according to the presence of other risk ...

Introduction: The CHA2DS2 -VASc and R2CHA2DS2‑VASc scoring systems were designed to stratify thromboembolic risk in patients with atrial fibrillation. The R2CHA2DS2‑VASc score, compared with the ...

Full-text article available only as a pdf file for download 2009 Clinical Guidelines from the American Pain Society and the American Academy of Pain Medicine on the use of chronic opioid therapy in ...

I recently saw four patients in one morning who had atrial fibrillation and either one or two risk factors for stroke. None had symptoms warranting rhythm control or tachycardia requiring rate-control ...

The CHADS 2 score is a system used to predict the risk of thromboembolic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation helping to guide to use of anticoagulation to prevent stroke. The CHADS 2 score has ...