Atherosclerosis
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Prognostic value of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 mass for all-cause mortality and vascular events within one year after acute ischemic stroke.
We performed a prospective investigation of the longer-term prognostic value of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) mass for all-cause mortality and vascular events within one year after acute ischemic stroke. ⋯ The elevated Lp-PLA2 mass was associated with all cause-death independently of other risk factors within one year after acute ischemic stroke.
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The current study was conducted to assess the ability of CHA2DS2-VASc, CHADS2 and HATCH scores in predicting new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) among patients with cancer. ⋯ The current study is the first to assess the prognostic value of 3 AF risk scores (CHA2DS2-VASc, CHADS2 and HATCH scores) in patients with newly-diagnosed cancer. HATCH score was found to have a slightly but significantly better predictive performance than the other 2 scores.