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Role of the CHADS2 Score in Acute Coronary Syndromes

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1 Role of the CHADS2 Score in Acute Coronary Syndromes
Dritan Poçi, MD, PhD, Marianne Hartford, MD, PhD, Thomas Karlsson, MSc, Johan Herlitz, MD, PhD, Nils Edvardsson, MD, PhD, Kenneth Caidahl, MD, PhD  CHEST  Volume 141, Issue 6, Pages (June 2012) DOI: /chest Copyright © 2012 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Cumulative all-cause mortality in patients with and without AF. AF = atrial fibrillation; Pts = patients. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 2012 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 A, Cumulative all-cause mortality during follow-up period in relation to CHADS2 score on admission in patients with AF (n = 437). B, Cumulative all-cause mortality during follow-up period in relation to CHADS2 score on admission in patients without AF (n = 1890). CHADS2 = congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥ 75 years, diabetes, prior stroke or transient ischemic attack. See Figure 1 legend for expansion of other abbreviations. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 2012 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 A, Cumulative hospitalization for stroke during follow-up period in relation to CHADS2 score on admission in patients with AF (n = 437). b, Cumulative hospitalization for stroke during follow-up period in relation to CHADS2 score on admission in patients without AF (n = 1890). See Figure 1 and 2 legends for expansion of abbreviations. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 2012 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions


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