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Hi all

I keep hearing chad score.....what does that mean?

I am in France and haven’t heard that at all....I was just out on drugs...no mention of other things...off to ablation in January....no mention from that chap of chad score either.......

Thank

Sue

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An individual’s CHA2DS2VASC score is used as an indicator of the need for anticoagulation in AF patients. The link below explains it and how it is used:

mdcalc.com/cha2ds2-vasc-sco...

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Auriculaire

Bonjour Sue - I too live in France. Where are you having your ablation? I got the impression from reading John Mandrola's website that Bordeaux really pioneered ablation in Europe.

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