Miguel Quesada López, Laura Amaya Pascasio, Sara Blanco Madera, Jorge Pagola, Diana Vidal de Francisco, Elena de Celis Ruiz, Inmaculada Villegas Rodríguez, Joaquín Carneado-Ruiz, Juan Antonio García-Carmona, Juan Manuel García Torrecillas, Ana López Ferreiro, Iker Elosua Bayes, Ricardo Jaime Rigual Bobillo, María Isabel López López, Íñigo Esain González, María Dolores Ortega Ortega, Marina Blanco Ruiz, Irene Pérez Ortega, Carlos Lázaro Hernández, Blanca Fuentes Gimeno, Antonio Arjona Padillo, Patricia Martínez Sánchez
INTRODUCTION: The screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) scale (SAFE score) was recently developed to provide a prediction of the diagnosis of AF after an ischemic stroke. It includes 7 items: age ≥ 65 years, bronchopathy, thyroid disease, cortical location of stroke, intracranial large vessel occlusion, NT-ProBNP ≥250 pg/mL, and left atrial enlargement. In the internal validation, a good performance was obtained, with an AUC = 0.88 (95% CI 0.84-0.91) and sensitivity and specificity of 83% and 80%, respectively, for scores ≥ 5...
2023: Stroke Research and Treatment