Predicting Bleeding Events in Anticoagulated Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Comparison Between the HAS‐BLED and GARFIELD‐AF Bleeding Scores

Predicting Bleeding Events in Anticoagulated Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Comparison Between the HAS‐BLED and GARFIELD‐AF Bleeding Scores

Background Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) treated with oral anticoagulants may be exposed to an increased risk of bleeding events. The HAS‐BLED (Hypertension, Abnormal renal and liver function, Stroke, Bleeding, Labile INRs, Elderly, Drugs or alcohol) score is a simple, well‐established, cli...

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Main Authors: Marco Proietti, José Miguel Rivera‐Caravaca, María Asunción Esteve‐Pastor, Giulio Francesco Romiti, Francísco Marin, Gregory Y. H. Lip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
atrial fibrillation
bleeding risk
clinical risk scores
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.009766

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