Albuminuria improves R 2 CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc score in predicting mortality in high cardiovascular risk population

The CHA DS -VASc score estimates the risk of cardioembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). It also predicts vascular events and death in different clinical settings, even in the absence of AF. The R CHA DS -VASc score, obtained by adding the glomerular filtration rate to CHA DS -VASc, shows a higher prediction ability for new events and all-cause mortality. The present study aims to assess whether the addition of albuminuria to R CHA DS -VASc score further improves its discrimination ability in predicting all-cause mortality in a sample of high cardiovascular risk population. Prospective, monocentric, observational study, evaluating a subset of 737 subjects consecutively undergoing to coronary angiography at Coronary Unit of Scientific Institute "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" from June 2016 to December 2018. The presence of albuminuria was significantly associated with all-cause mortality (p