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<p>Atrial fibrillation (AF) is considered the most common sustained arrhythmia. Major cardiovascular risk factors that have been identified to initiate and perpetuate AF include age, sex, arterial hypertension, heart failure, valvular heart disease and diabetes mellitus. In the literature, several studies aimed to formulate easily – applied and accurate risk stratification scores, based on antecedent cardiovascular events, comorbidities and biomarkers for the prediction of new-onset AF. The present narrative review addresses the most universally accepted and efficient clinical scores, with an extended applicability in different populations and ages, particularly scores derived from the Framingham Heart Study, the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities, the Malmo Diet and Cancer Study, as well as the CHARGE-AF, the CHADS2, CHA2DS2-VASc, HATCH and CH2EST scores. Identification of incident AF can be challenging, thus dictating for utilization of validated clinical instruments in everyday clinical practice.</p>
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is considered the most common sustained arrhythmia. Major cardiovascular risk factors that have been identified to initiate and perpetuate AF include age, sex, arterial hypertension, heart failure, valvular heart disease and diabetes mellitus. In the literature, several studies aimed to formulate easily – applied and accurate risk stratification scores, based on antecedent cardiovascular events, comorbidities and biomarkers for the prediction of new-onset AF. The present narrative review addresses the most universally accepted and efficient clinical scores, with an extended applicability in different populations and ages, particularly scores derived from the Framingham Heart Study, the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities, the Malmo Diet and Cancer Study, as well as the CHARGE-AF, the CHADS2, CHA2DS2-VASc, HATCH and CH2EST scores. Identification of incident AF can be challenging, thus dictating for utilization of validated clinical instruments in everyday clinical practice.

Clinical risk scores for the prediction of incident atrial fibrillation: a modernized review

Gr. T. Popa, University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine

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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is considered the most common sustained arrhythmia. Major cardiovascular risk factors that have been identified to initiate and...

Clinical risk scores for the prediction of incident atrial fibrillation: a modernized review

Published Online: Nov 20, 2021

Page range: 321 - 327

Received: Nov 13, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2021-0018

Keywords
atrial fibrillation/diagnosis, cardiac arrhythmias/atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular diseases/epidemiology, ethnic groups, prognosis, risk assessment, risk factors

© 2021 Anna Maria Louka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Clinical risk scores for the prediction of incident atrial fibrillation: a modernized review

Published Online: Nov 20, 2021

Page range: 321 - 327

Received: Nov 13, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2021-0018

Keywordsatrial fibrillation/diagnosis, cardiac arrhythmias/atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular diseases/epidemiology, ethnic groups, prognosis, risk assessment, risk factors

© 2021 Anna Maria Louka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
atrial fibrillation/diagnosis, cardiac arrhythmias/atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular diseases/epidemiology, ethnic groups, prognosis, risk assessment, risk factors