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New calculator can help physicians better predict stroke risk in atrial fibrillation patients
Stroke risk calculators aren't exactly new. Physicians currently use a conventional risk calculator, called the CHA2DS2-VASc score, which considers a patient's age, sex, and medical history to ...
Health officials note greater prevalence of adults 18 to 55 with strokes, emphasizing the importance of recognizing warning ...
George Howard, DrPH, and Lloyd Edwards, Ph.D., both professors in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, are at the forefront of this ...
However, the conventional risk calculator does not account for heart dysfunction, accelerated blood clotting, and inflammation, which are all important risk factors for stroke. According to Short, ...
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