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BackgroundClinical risk scores, CHADS2
and CHA2DS2‐VASc scores, are the established tools for assessing stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).
AimThe aim of this study is to assess concordance between manual and computer‐based calculation of CHADS2
and CHA2DS2‐VASc scores, as well as to analyse the patient categories using CHADS2
and the potential improvement on stroke risk stratification...
Background and purposeAtrial fibrillation (AF) is amongst the most important etiologies of ischaemic stroke. In a population‐based stroke registry, we tested the hypothesis of low adherence to current guidelines as a main cause of high rates of AF‐associated stroke.
MethodsWithin the Ludwigshafen Stroke Study (LuSSt), a prospective ongoing population‐based stroke register, we analyzed all patients...
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