What is a CHAD score? What are the implications? Thanks.
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You can google Chads2vasc2 for full details but it is a scoring system to decide if anticoagulants are required for stroke prevention in people with AF.
It gives a number for a set of co-morbidities such as congestive heart disease, hypertension, age, diabetes and prior stroke (the stroke counts 2)
The best link to the Chads2vasc2 details were given to me by CDreamer, viz. healthunlocked.com/redirect...
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