ModelDefinition
Joint Panel of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians4 History or presence of no more than one of the following:

  • CHF within 100 days

  • Hypertension

  • Age > 75 years

  • Diabetes

American College of Chest Physicians5 Age < 65 years and all of the following:

  • No hypertension

  • No diabetes

  • No CHD

  • No CHF

American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and European Society of Cardiology6 Age < 60 years, CHD but no CHF (LVEF > 0.35) and no hypertension
or
Age < 75 years, but no CHF, hypertension, CHD, or diabetes
Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation III Study7 Male or female, age < 75 years, and all of the following:

  • No hypertension

  • No recent CHF

  • No severe LV dysfunction