Predicting outcomes in patients with cancer and atrial fibrillation.
Alejandra GutierrezRushad PatellLisa RybickiAlok A KhoranaPublished in: Therapeutic advances in cardiovascular disease (2019)
In patients with cancer and AF, CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc but not KS were predictive of ischemic stroke. A high KS represented a unique predictor of mortality beyond traditional risk scores.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- cardiovascular events
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- risk factors
- acute coronary syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- venous thromboembolism
- insulin resistance
- mitral valve
- glycemic control