HATCH Score (Atrial Fibrillation Progression)
Scores HATCH (0 to 7), the risk that paroxysmal atrial fibrillation progresses to a sustained form within a year.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Hypertension
- Yes
- Age 75 or older
- Yes
- Prior TIA or stroke
- Yes
- COPD
- No
- Heart failure
- Yes
Result: HATCH 6 of 7: nearly 50% progressed from paroxysmal to persistent atrial fibrillation within a year above 5 in the derivation cohort.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Hypertension
- Age 75 or older
- Prior TIA or stroke
- COPD
- Heart failure
How this is calculated
Citation
de Vos CB, Pisters R, Nieuwlaat R, et al. Progression from paroxysmal to persistent atrial fibrillation: clinical correlates and prognosis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010;55(8):725-731. Points as restated in Li YG et al. Chest. 2019;155(3):510-518. Read the sources: de Vos 2010 ↗, Li 2019 ↗
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