Sex (female), age (<60 years), medical history (two of the following: hypertension, diabetes, MI, PAD, congestive heart failure, history of stroke, pulmonary disease, hepatic or renal disease), treatment (interacting medications e.g. amiodarone), tobacco use (within 2 years; scores double), race (non-Caucasian; scores double)(English)
- score that helps decision making by identifying those patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation who could do well on vitamin K antagonists
- AF, DM, HTN, MI, PAD
- Mnemonic, Cardiology, Scoring systems/scales, Decision making
- https://doi.org…med.2015.05.036