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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Left atrial size—A risk factor for left atrial thrombi in mitral stenosis
Clinical Cardiology, Volume 18, No. 9, Year 1995
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In a follow‐up study, 77 patients with predominant mitral stenosis were examined to investigate the role of left atrial (LA) enlargement in LA thrombi. Fifteen (19.4%) patients had LA thrombi. Of these, 2 (13.3%) were in sinus rhythm and 13 (86.7%) in atrial fibrillation. Fourteen (93.3%) of the patients with LA thrombi had an LA size≥4.8 cm. Only one (6.7%) patient had an LA size of 4.4 cm and was in atrial fibrillation. The median LA size in patients with LA thrombi was 5.2 cm compared with 4.75 cm in patients without LA thrombi (p<0.01). The relative risk for LA thrombi in patients with an LA size≥4.8 cm compared with patients with an LA size<4.8 cm was 10.0 (95% confidence interval 1.4 to 71.4). It was thus confirmed that LA enlargement≥4.8 cm is an in dependent risk factor for LA thrombi in patients with mitral stenosis. Copyright © 1995 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Conradie, C.
South Africa, Bloemfontein
University of the Free State
Marx, Jan D.
South Africa, Bloemfontein
University of the Free State
Schall, Robert
South Africa, Bloemfontein
University of the Free State
Statistics
Citations: 14
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/clc.4960180907
ISSN:
01609289
e-ISSN:
19328737
Research Areas
Health System And Policy