[Are the CHADS(2) and CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc scales useful instruments to initiate anticoagulant medication?]

Rev Clin Esp. 2012 Sep;212(8):418-9. doi: 10.1016/j.rce.2012.03.004. Epub 2012 Apr 23.
[Article in Spanish]
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications*
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Failure / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Myocardial Infarction / prevention & control*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Spain
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Stroke / prevention & control*
  • Thromboembolism / etiology
  • Thromboembolism / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants