Atrial Fibrillation in the Young: A Neurologist’s Nightmare

Table 1

Demonstrating the recently described CHA₂DS₂-VASc thromboembolic risk score for patients with AF. It has a maximum of nine points where more points equate to higher thromboembolic risk as shown in Table 2.

CHA2DS2-VASc	Condition	Points allocated
C	Congestive heart failure or left ventricular (LV) dysfunction with ejection fraction (EF) ≤40%	1
H	Hypertension	1
A2	Age ≥ 75	2
D	Diabetes	1
S2	Transient ischemic attack (TIA), stroke, or other thromboembolisms	2
V	Vascular disease (e.g., peripheral artery disease, myocardial infarction, and aortic plaque)	1
A	Age 65–74	1
Sc	Sex category, that is, female	1