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FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF STROKE IN AF

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CHADS2 SCORING SYSTEM
​FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF STROKE IN AF *

CONDITION	SCORE
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE	1
HYPERTENSION	1
AGE > 75 YEARS	1
DIABETES	1
PREVIOUS STROKE OR TIA	2

Patients with paroxysmal, persistent or permanent AF with score > 2 are at high risk of stroke and should receive warfarin (INR 2-3) unless there is a contraindication

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* Fuster V, Ryden LE, Asinger RW, et al (2001). ACC/AHA/ESC Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation, Circulation 104: 2118-50.