Comparison of frequency of left atrial thrombus in patients with mechanical prosthetic cardiac valves and stroke versus transient ischemic attacks

J Barbetseas; C Pitsavos; C Aggeli; T Psarros; A Frogoudaki; S Lambrou; P Toutouzas

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00411-6

Comparison of frequency of left atrial thrombus in patients with mechanical prosthetic cardiac valves and stroke versus transient ischemic attacks

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Aug 15;80(4):526-8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00411-6.

Authors

J Barbetseas¹, C Pitsavos, C Aggeli, T Psarros, A Frogoudaki, S Lambrou, P Toutouzas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Greece.

PMID: 9285674
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00411-6

Abstract

Transesophageal echocardiography performed in a group of 36 patients who had a first cerebral embolic event after implantation of a mechanical cardiac valvular prosthesis revealed that stroke is associated with the presence of left atrial thrombi more frequently than transient ischemic attacks. Intracardiac embolic sources other than thrombi are possibly related more often to the latter type of cerebral embolism in this patient population.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Aged
Cerebrovascular Disorders / diagnostic imaging
Cerebrovascular Disorders / etiology*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Diseases / etiology*
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Humans
Incidence
Ischemic Attack, Transient / diagnostic imaging
Ischemic Attack, Transient / etiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Thrombosis / etiology*