ASSOCIATION OF MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIUM WITH NEW THROMBOEMBOLIC STROKE AT 44-MONTH FOLLOW-UP OF 2,148 PERSONS, MEAN AGE 81 YEARS

Authors
ARONOW WS AHN C KRONZON I GUTSTEIN H
Citation
Ws. Aronow et al., ASSOCIATION OF MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIUM WITH NEW THROMBOEMBOLIC STROKE AT 44-MONTH FOLLOW-UP OF 2,148 PERSONS, MEAN AGE 81 YEARS, The American journal of cardiology, 81(1), 1998, pp. 105
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
81
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1998)81:1<105:AOMACW>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We investigated in a prospective study of 2,148 persons (mean age 81 y ears), the association between mitral annular calcium and new thromboe mbolic stroke at 44-month follow-up. Independent risk factors for new thromboembolic stroke were prior stroke (risk ratio 2.4), mitral annul ar calcium (risk ratio 2.6), atrial fibrillation (risk ratio 3.0), and male gender (risk ratio 1.6).