LOINC long common name : Stroke after atrial fibrillation 5 year risk [#] Framingham.Wang 2003;
LOINC short name : Stroke post Afib 5Y risk;
LOINC description : Based on 705 individuals aged 55 - 94 years from the Original and Offspring Cohorts
of the Framingham Heart Study meeting the following criteria:had an occurrence of
new-onset Atrial Fibrillation (AF), not treated with warfarin at baseline, did not
have a stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), or death within 30 days of AF diagnosis,
without rheumatic mitral stenosis, and including the predictors age, gender, systolic
blood pressure, diabetes and prior stroke or ischemic attack. The outcome of this
study was stroke. Numerical scores are correlated with risk percentages.;