Usefulness of the CHA2DS2-VASc Score to Predict the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Ling Kuo, Tze Fan Chao*, Chia Jen Liu, Su Jung Chen, Ta Chuan Tuan, Yenn Jiang Lin, Shih Lin Chang, Li Wei Lo, Yu Feng Hu, Fa Po Chung, Jo Nan Liao, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Shih Ann Chen

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Abstract

Sudden cardiac death (SCD), the most devastating manifestation of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs), is the leading cause of mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We hypothesized that the CHA2DS2-VASc score, consisting of age and several clinical risk factors, could be used to estimate the individual risk of SCD/VAs for AF patients. From year 2000 to 2011, 288,181 newly-diagnosed AF patients without antecedent SCD/VAs were identified from “Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database.” During the follow-up of 1,065,751 person-years, 11,166 patients experienced SCD/VAs with an annual risk of 1.05% which increased from 0.34% for patients with a CHA2DS2-VASc score of 0% to 2.63% for those with a score of 9. The CHA2DS2-VASc score was a significant predictor of SCD/VAs with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.21 (95% confidence interval 1.20 to 1.22) per 1 point increment of the score. As the CHA2DS2-VASc score increased from 1 to 9, the hazard ratio of SCD/VAs continuously increased from 1.28 to 4.17 compared with patients with a CHA2DS2-VASc score of 0. In conclusion, CHA2DS2-VASc score was a convenient scoring system which could be used to predict the risk of SCD/VAs in AF patients in addition to its ability for stroke risk stratification.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2049-2054
Number of pages6
JournalAmerican Journal of Cardiology
Volume122
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Dec 2018

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