Risk of Thromboembolism in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
AlHarbi, Hassan M., Abdulazizi I. Alroshodi, Ghazi T. AlMutairi, Abdullah A. Alfhaid, Mashari Alzahrani, Khaled A. Alqarni, Naif Saad Alghasab, Alzead, Ahmed A., Mashary A. Attamimi & Fahad Alshehri · Asian Journal of Cardiology Research · 2020
Background: Atrial fibrillation is associated with atrial thrombus formation and peripheral embolization, which leads to ischemic stroke or systemic thromboembolism. The CHADS2, CHA2DS2-VASc scores are tool for estimating risk of stroke in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) p...
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