CHA2DS2-VaSC score is what we use to determine a patient’s risk of stroke. If a patient’s risk score is 2 or greater, we usually recommend anticoagulants – DOAC (direct anticoagulant – Eliquis, Pradaxa, Xarelto) or warfarin. If a patient with CHA2DS2-VaSC score of 3 or greater cannot tolerate an anticoagulant (usually due to life threatening…
Author: Sameer Oza
coffee and heart arrhythmias – time to grind the data
DISCLAIMER – This blog post was written before drinking my morning cup of coffee! Some thoughts may be blurry! SECOND DISCLAIMER – the “grind the data” phrase was from an article in JACC Electrophsysiology – I wish I had come up with it on my own! This is as far as I got with latte…
AFIB support group
Coming soon!
defibrillator (AICD) support group
Coming soon!
welcome dr. sam aznaurov
Welcome Dr. Sam Aznaurov to Boulder Community Health – Boulder Heart! Cardiologists come in several flavors – general contractors, plumbers, dry-wallers and electricians. Sam and I are electricians. We get excited about little squiggles in your heartbeat tracings! Sam maintains quite a strong presence on Twitter as well.
implantable monitors – LINQ, CONFIRM
ablation
micra leadless pacemaker
watchman
BCH structural heart program