Stronati et al reported the HART score for predicting atrial fibrillation following elective noncardiac surgery. The authors are from University Hospital "Lancisi-Umberto I Salesi" and Marche Polytechnic University in Ancona, Italy.
Patient selection: elective noncardiac surgery
HART is an acronym for hypertension, age, risk and thyroid
Parameters:
(1) hypertension
(2) age in years
(3) surgical risk (based on the categories of Kristensen and Knutti
(4) thyroid dysfunction
Parameter
Findings
Points
hypertension
no
0
yes
1
age
< 65 years
0
65 to 74 years
1
>= 75 years
2
surgical risk
low
0
intermediate
3
high
3
thyroid dysfunction
no
0
yes
1
total score =
= SUM(points for all of the parameters)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 7
HART Score
POAF
0 to 2
0%
3
0.3%
4
2.3%
5
1.1%
6
4.8%
7
10.4%
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