Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: an Asian perspective

CE Chiang, KL Wang, GYH Lip - Thrombosis and haemostasis, 2014 - thieme-connect.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. In 2050, it is
estimated that there will be 72 million AF patients in Asia, accounting for almost 2.9 million …

Predictive value of P wave terminal force in lead V1 for atrial fibrillation: A meta‐analysis

Z Huang, Z Zheng, B Wu, L Tang, X Xie… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Several studies have explored the association between P wave terminal force
in lead V1 (PTFV1) and risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) occurrence, but the results were …

Risk factors for post-TAVI bleeding according to the VARC-2 bleeding definition and effect of the bleeding on short-term mortality: a meta-analysis

J Wang, W Yu, Q Jin, Y Li, N Liu, X Hou, Y Yu - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background In this study we investigated the effect of post-transcatheter aortic valve
implantation (TAVI) bleeding (per Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 [VARC-2] …

Ischaemic stroke and bleeding rates in 'real-world'atrial fibrillation patients

IM Ogilvie, SA Welner, W Cowell… - Thrombosis and …, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
Stroke prevention guidelines recommend oral anticoagulants (OAC) for atrial fibrillation (AF)
patients at moderate/high risk of stroke, and antiplatelet or no therapy for those at …

Incidence, predictors and impact of severe periprocedural bleeding according to VARC-2 criteria on 1-year clinical outcomes in patients after transcatheter aortic valve …

J Kochman, B Rymuza, Z Huczek… - International heart …, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
There are differences in reporting bleeding complications after transcatheter aortic valve
implantation (TAVI), which is a consequence of the lack of consensus for their definition …

Antithrombotic treatment for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: The Asian agenda

CH Chen, MC Chen, H Gibbs, SU Kwon, S Lo… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart arrhythmia. Untreated AF incurs a
considerable burden of stroke and associated healthcare costs. Asians have AF risk factors …

Comparison between CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc score for risk stratification of ischemic stroke in Japanese patients with non-valvular paroxysmal atrial fibrillation …

T Komatsu, Y Sato, M Ozawa, F Kunugita… - International heart …, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
It remains unclear if the CHADS2 score or CHA2DS2-VASc score is more useful for the risk
stratification of ischemic stroke/systemic thromboembolism in Japanese patients with non …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between CHA2DS2-VASc scores and ischemic stroke/cardiovascular events in Japanese patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation without …

T Komatsu, H Tachibana, Y Satoh, M Ozawa… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: The CHA2DS2-VASc score has been newly proposed for
stratifying patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) according to the risk of ischemic …

Clinical impact of cardiovascular calcifications on stroke incidence in primary prevention: analysis in NADESICO study

S Wada, Y Iwanaga, M Nakai, Y Miyamoto, T Noguchi - Heart and Vessels, 2024 - Springer
The utility of assessment of cardiovascular calcifications for predicting stroke incidence
remains unclear. This study assessed the relationship between cardiovascular calcifications …

Recent Mortality and Morbidity Rates of Japanese Atrial Fibrillation Patients–Racial Differences and Risk Stratification–

T Yamashita - Circulation Journal, 2013 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Japanese AF patients. To my knowledge, 2 reports from a single institution have tried to
address this issue. 13, 14 In the first report, 13 the investigators followed AF patients without …