The CHA2DS2-VASc score is one of the most validated risk tools in atrial fibrillation (AF) [
[1]
], and remains a simple and practical clinical score to aid decision-making. However,
it has limitations in predicting the absolute stroke risk and its ability for identifying
patients at risk of thromboembolism is modest.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Published online: December 21, 2021
Accepted:
December 15,
2021
Received in revised form:
December 10,
2021
Received:
November 26,
2021
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