CHA2DS2-VASc calculations in patients with atrial fibrillation receiving oral anticoagulants in Scotland

Zeng, Wenjie and Mueller, Tanja and Godman, Brian and Alvarez-Madrazo, Samantha and Bennie, Marion (2017) CHA2DS2-VASc calculations in patients with atrial fibrillation receiving oral anticoagulants in Scotland. International Journal of Population Data Science, 1 (1). 267.

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    Abstract

    Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have an increased risk of developing stroke, and oral anticoagulants (OACs) are commonly used in stroke prevention. The CHA2DS2-VASc score has been proved to be a simple and effective tool for stroke risk assessment which guides the selection of treatment with OACs. This score is calculated using disease diagnoses; however, a range of different versions exist, making comparability questionable.The aim of this study was to compare CHA2DS2-VASc scores in OAC treated patients with a hospital-confirmed diagnosis of AF in Scotland using different subsets of ICD-10 codes.

    Author(s):Zeng, Wenjie, Mueller, Tanja ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0418-4789, Godman, Brian, Alvarez-Madrazo, Samantha and Bennie, Marion ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4046-629X
    Item type:Article
    ID code:63179
    Keywords:atrial fibrillation, oral anticoagulants, Scotland, AF, stroke, Pharmacy and materia medica, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)
    Subjects:Medicine > Pharmacy and materia medica
    Department:Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:05 Feb 2018 12:14
    Last modified:20 Nov 2019 09:03
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/63179
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