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My EP took me off eliquis. But I’m petrified. I’ll have a stroke now.

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@gloaming
Thanks for information and web sites.

I could always see on my ICD/Pacemaker results a score but did not know what meant.

Thanks

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gloaming | @gloaming | 2 days ago

@jc76 I am unsure of your meaning since I have no experience with a pacemaker or ICD. The CHA2DS2-VASc is a derived score with input and would, as I understand it, have little to nothing to do with whether you might need a pacemaker or ICD...unless....the patient cannot or declines to take a DOAC, but still has substantial risk of a thromboembolic event due to arrhythmia. In that case, the best approach might indeed be to have a pacemaker to try to tidy up the arrhythmia...I could see that as a possibility. Otherwise, the score is just a way of estimating one's risk and then deciding what, if anything, should be done to mitigate the risk.

Are you saying your device gives an estimate of some kind....a numerical score? If so, I'm lost and don't know what it might be.

I'm sorry if I have been the cause of any confusion. I certainly don't want to do that if I can help it.

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