Association between cancer, CHA2DS2VASc risk and In-hospital ischemic stroke in patients hospitalized for atrial fibrillation.
Andrija MatetićMohamed O MohamedUtibe R EssienAvirup GuhaAhmed ElkaryoniAyman ElbadawiHarriette G C Van SpallMamas A MamasPublished in: European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes (2023)
Cancer patients with AF have high CHA2DS2VASc risk. Discrimination of CHA2DS2VASc for ischemic stroke is lower in cancer than non-cancer patients, and CHA2DS2VASc may not be adequate in determining ischemic risk in cancer population.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- papillary thyroid
- squamous cell
- end stage renal disease
- left atrial
- heart failure
- chronic kidney disease
- lymph node metastasis
- catheter ablation
- direct oral anticoagulants
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- prognostic factors
- oxidative stress
- acute coronary syndrome
- peritoneal dialysis
- mitral valve
- left ventricular
- patient reported outcomes