Comment on the article by Vazquez and Marquez-Garcia. High-risk vs. low-risk for thrombo-embolic events: Who are in the intermediate-risk group? What should be done then?

被引：2

作者：

Benchimol-Barbosa, Paulo Roberto ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Barbosa-Filho, Jose ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Cent Hosp, Rio de Janeiro Mil Fire Dept, Dept Cardiol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

[2] Univ Gama Filho, Natl Inst Cardiol, Laranjeiras, Brazil

[3] Univ Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Cardiol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY | 2008年 / 124卷 / 03期

关键词：

paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; thromboembolism; risk stratification; anti-coagulation; anti-arrhythmic treatment;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.01.056

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Although high risk and low risk profile for thrombo-embolic events have been extensively and intensively investigated in multi-centre trials and described in detail in atrial fibrillation guidelines, the management of those at otherwise intermediate risk is still a 'no-one's zone'. Individual risk profile is mandatory to identify those who will benefit of anti-coagulation therapy and large-scale clinical trials are still awaited to define efficacy and efficiency profile in intermediate-risk group. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：358 / 359

页数：2

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