Galectin-3 for Thromboembolic Formation in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation CHA₂DS₂-VASc Scoring

Atrial Fibrillation is considered as one of a common cardiac arrhythmia that presented with rapid and irregular rhythm and has an increased incidence.There are different types of atrial fibrillation one of these is paroxysmal atrial fibrillation that defined as lasts longer than 30 seconds and lasting less than 7 days, while atrial fibrillation lasting more than 7 days to less than one year or requiring pharmacological or electrical cardioversion is called persistent atrial fibrillation, referring to the American Heart Association 2006 guidelines.Patients with atrial fibrillation suffer from serious complications like stroke due to thromboembolism, heart failure and death. Risk of stroke is 5-folds in patients with atrial fibrillation in addition to presence or absence of another clinical risk factors.