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Prediction of Stroke Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Comorbidities vs Temporal AF Behavior

2025-12-20 cardiovascular medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundThere are controversies about whether atrial fibrillation (AF) type, paroxysmal (PaAF) vs persistent (PeAF), affects stroke risk. The type of AF is still not included in most risk stratification tools. ObjectiveWe aim to assess differences in stroke outcomes between PaAF and PeAF patients in both low- and high-CHA2DS2-VASc groups. MethodsWe conducted an epidemiological study of all patients admitted to Tulane Medical Center with the diagnosis of AF from January 2010 to March 2020. Da...

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