Why the study?
Is mitral annulus calcification associated with systemic arterial embolism in patients referred for echocardiography?
Population
388 patients consecutively referred to echocardiography, including 49 suspected of having a cardiac source…
Comparison
Suspected cardiac source of systemic arterial… vs Patients without suspected systemic arterial…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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MAC associated with SE on echocardiography; hypothesis-generating for causality and requires prospective confirmation.
Is mitral annulus calcification associated with systemic arterial embolism in patients referred for echocardiography?
Mitral annulus calcification is significantly more prevalent in patients with suspected systemic arterial embolism, suggesting a potential association that may be mediated by left atrial dilatation and atrial fibrillation.
Jespersen et al. (1987) studied this question.
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