Chad score Hi Everyone, How do you figure out your chad score ? Dr. Recommended Eliquis and I am somewhat reserved to take it. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks. https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190386#msg-190386 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:57:36 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190422#msg-190422 Re: Chad score https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190422#msg-190422
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gloaming
I don't see why there's an implicit assumption that one has AF from the get-go.

Because that's the patient population it was originally designed for. Although I suppose it might be used more generally in some cases, I've never seen it referenced in any context other than afib.]]> Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:53:04 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190418#msg-190418 Re: Chad score https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190418#msg-190418 gloaming AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:55:19 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190409#msg-190409 Re: Chad score https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190409#msg-190409
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gloaming
I looked to give myself .....WAIT! There is no obvious place to assign me a detriment if I have a history of AF or other arrhythmia! Wouldn't you think that has a place?

That's because the CHADS-Vasc score was originally intended only for patient with AF so it assumes you already have it.]]> Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:04:38 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190407#msg-190407 Re: Chad score https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190407#msg-190407 susan.d AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 27 Apr 2023 07:02:49 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190404#msg-190404 Re: Chad score https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190404#msg-190404
If that doesn't seem right to you, ditto for me. I got as a first hit the site that gives credit to the founder. and the site is MDCalc or whatever it was...didn't linger or copy it to paste here. I didn't give myself a 1 for a history of hypertension even though when I first met with my cardiologist to get my arrhythmia figured out he said he wasn't happy with my borderline BP and wanted me on metoprolol just for that. Mmmm........okkaaaay... Of course, it would also slow my arrhythmic impulse and keep AF at a low point. But now, with no meds except statin and apixaban, my waking BP is 122/74. Not too shabby for a 28 BMI 70 year-old male.

I looked to give myself .....WAIT! There is no obvious place to assign me a detriment if I have a history of AF or other arrhythmia! Wouldn't you think that has a place? There's are detriments for hypertension and for atherosclerosis, and I have neither. My angiogram and Doppler carotid both say I should live to 150 if my heart keeps going. Or my wife don't kill me. :)o

Seriously, and I haven't gone to look for a different calculator, but I think the one I found is flawed. It should very clearly include a score to demarcate a low limit above which hypertension is assigned a value of '1', and it should state that if one has a history of arrhythmia, even if controlled or if remediated via mechanical interventions, the score must have a value of '1' added.]]> gloaming AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 27 Apr 2023 05:22:41 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190400#msg-190400 Re: Chad score https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190400#msg-190400 Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:16:20 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190399#msg-190399 Re: Chad score https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190399#msg-190399
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Do you know if the point for female is still counted ?

Carey says no in this post: [www.afibbers.org]
"When you do the score, check the box for being male, not female. Do that to remove the point for being female that is no longer counted in the score per the most recent guidelines."]]> GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:21 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190398#msg-190398 Re: Chad score https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190398#msg-190398 Sunshine13 AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 26 Apr 2023 23:55:56 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190390#msg-190390 Re: Chad score https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190390#msg-190390 https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/801/cha2ds2-vasc-score-atrial-fibrillation-stroke-risk]]> Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 25 Apr 2023 23:35:25 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190387#msg-190387 Re: Chad score https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190387#msg-190387 gloaming AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 25 Apr 2023 22:36:06 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190386#msg-190386 Chad score https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,190386,190386#msg-190386 How do you figure out your chad score ? Dr. Recommended Eliquis and I am somewhat reserved to take it. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.]]> Sunshine13 AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 25 Apr 2023 21:54:30 +0000