title: [Use of the CHADS2 score as a predictor of the risk of mortality in hypertensive patients. The FAPRES study].
abstract: The aim of this study is to analyze the CHADS2 score as a marker of the risk of mortality in hypertensive patients, with and without the presence of atrial fibrillation.
  
  
  METHODS
  We included 1,003 hypertensive patients≥65 years. Risk factors, and CHADS2 score were recorded among other factors, as well as clinical follow-up of number and type of deaths.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean age was 72.8±5.8 years, and 47.5% were men. During follow-up there were 41 deaths, 20 were of cardiovascular origin. Patients with higher CHADS2 had a higher mortality: 1.5% CHADS2=1; 4.7% in CHADS2=2; 9.1% in CHADS2=3, and 7.8% in CHADS2≥4.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CHADS2 score can be a clinical instrument of easy application to identify hypertensive patients with a high risk of mortality.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Alicante, España. Electronic address: elena_castilla@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castilla
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morillas
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahumada
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monteagudo
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General de Valencia, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fácila
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Vigilancia de la Salud, Unión de Mutuas, Departamento de Medicina, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, España.
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pallares
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D012372:ROC Curve; D012042:Registries; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: Cardiovascular mortality; Coagulación arterial; Coagulation; Hipertensión arterial; Hypertension; Mortalidad cardiovascular