Association of the CHAD(S)-VASc Score and Its Components With Overt and Silent Ischemic Brain Lesions in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.

Silent and overt ischemic brain lesions are common and associated with adverse outcome. Whether the CHADS-VASc score and its components predict magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-detected ischemic silent and overt brain lesions in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is unclear. In this cross-sectional analysis, patients with AF were enrolled in a multicenter cohort study in Switzerland.