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Research Article: Validation of CHADS VASc Score Predictability of Stroke and Systemic Embolization in a Middle Eastern Population with AF: The Jordan Atrial Fibrillation (JoFib) Study

Date Published: 2023-04-24

Introduction:
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common type of treated cardiac arrhythmia. In fact, the lifetime risk of developing AFib is in for men and women aged years and older. This risk increases among individuals of European ancestry, obesity, hypertension, diabetes and ischemic heart disease. , Moreover, Afib has shown to independently increase the risk of death. In a nationwide study, all-cause mortality in AFib patients was found to be four times higher than that in the general population. In addition, patients…

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