Influence of etiology of atrial fibrillation on incidence of systemic embolism.
Am J Cardiol
; 40(4): 509-13, 1977 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-143884
ABSTRACT
Atrial fibrillation is well known to increase greatly the risk of systemic arterial embolism in patients with mitral valve disease. In light of the clinical frequency of embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation due to other types of heart disease, a study was made of embolic occurrences in 333 autopsy patients with atrial fibrillation associated with various kinds of heart disease. Considering only symptomatic emboli with pathologic or surgical confirmation, embolism occurred in 41% of patients with mitral valve disease, 35% of those with ischemic heart disease, 35% of those with coexisting mitral and ischemic heart disease and 17% of those with "other" types of heart disease. Embolism was found in only 7% of a control group of 58 autopsy patients with ischemic heart disease without atrial fibrillation. These findings suggest a high risk of embolism from atrial fibrillation of any origin, but particularly from that caused by ischemic heart disease and mitral valve disease.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fibrilação Atrial
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Doença das Coronárias
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Embolia
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Insuficiência da Valva Mitral
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Cardiol
Ano de publicação:
1977
Tipo de documento:
Article