Silent brain infarction in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis

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Akdemir Y., Dagdelen S., Yuce M., Davutoglu V., Akcay M., Akdemir N., ...More

JAPANESE HEART JOURNAL, vol.43, no.2, pp.137-144, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1536/jhj.43.137
  • Journal Name: JAPANESE HEART JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.137-144
  • Keywords: silent brain infarction, rheumatic mitral stenosis, ASYMPTOMATIC CEREBRAL INFARCTION, VASCULAR RISK-FACTORS, LEFT ATRIAL THROMBUS, ISCHEMIC-STROKE, VALVE DISEASE, SYSTEMIC EMBOLISM, LESIONS, REGURGITATION, FIBRILLATION, PREVALENCE
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Silent brain infarction (SBI) is defined as asymptomatic infarction areas detected in computerized tomography (CT) scans in patients,without a history of stroke. The incidence of SBI is increased in CT or magnetic resonance imaging in patients with carotid stenosis and with atrial fibrillation (AF). but its relation with rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS), another major source of emboli, is uncertain. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of SBI in patients with MS.