Correlation of CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores with transesophageal echocardiography risk factors for thromboembolism in a multiethnic united states population with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-184

  Willens, Howard J ^a,b   Gómez Marín, Orlando ^a,b   Nelson, Katarina ^a   Denicco, Andrew ^a   Moscucci, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; CHA2DS2 VASc score; CHADS 2 score; Left atrium; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHA2DS2 VASC SCORE; CHADS2 SCORE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART FAILURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEGRO; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; COMORBIDITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872973133     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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