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Table 3 The 10 most frequent findings in the stroke and TIA subgroups

From: Transesophageal echocardiography in patients with cryptogenic cerebral ischemia

Rank

Ischemic stroke (n = 383)

TIA (n = 319)

P (Chi2 Pearson)

1

PFO (94; 24.5%)

PFO (58; 18.2%)

0.053

2

Valvular abnormalities (73; 19.1%)

Valvular abnormalities (38; 11.9%)

0.014

3

Aortic calcification (73; 19.1%)

Aortic calcification (32; 10.0%)

0.001

4

Aortic plaque (71; 18.5%)

Aortic plaque (31; 9.7%)

0.002

5

Aoric valve aclerosis (45; 11.7%)

Aoric valve aclerosis (21; 6.6%)

0.029

6

Atrial septal aneurysm (36; 9.4%)

Left atrial dilatation (20; 6.3%)

LA dilatation: 0.807

7

regional myocardial dyskinesia in > 2 segments (33; 8.6%)

regional myocardial dyskinesia in > 2 segments (17; 5.3%)

0.131

8

Left atrial dilatation (27; 7.0%)

Atrial septal aneurysm (15; 4.7%)

ASA 0.213

9

ASD (17; 4.4%)

ASD (11; 3.4%)

0.65

10

SEC(16; 4.2%)

Mitral valve prolapse (6; 1.9%)

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