Atrial Septal Aneurysm and Patent Foramen Ovale Are Less Prevalent in the Indo-Asian Than in the Caucasian or Afro-Caribbean Population
| Autor: | Mark Dancy, Sara Rawlins, Huda Salmasi, Abdul-Majeed Salmasi, Mustapha Baakil |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Population Foramen secundum Black People Foramen Ovale Patent India White People Persistent fetal circulation Aneurysm Internal medicine London Heart Septum Prevalence medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases Heart Aneurysm education Stroke Asia Southeastern Aged Retrospective Studies Foramen ovale (heart) education.field_of_study business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Heart septum Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Caribbean Region cardiovascular system Patent foramen ovale Cardiology Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Echocardiography Transesophageal geographic locations |
| Zdroj: | Angiology. 61:205-210 |
| ISSN: | 1940-1574 0003-3197 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0003319709339590 |
| Popis: | Atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) are not uncommon during routine echocardiographic scanning and were reported to be associated with stroke, transient ischemic attacks, and migrainous headache. To assess the prevalence of ASA and PFO according to ethnicity, we retrospectively studied 887 consecutive referrals to a General Cardiology and Hypertension clinics. All participants underwent trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE). In some patients, the TTE was repeated using bubble contrast. Results: Atrial septal aneurysm was detected in 70 participants (7.9%) and PFO in 18 (2%). Atrial septal aneurysm, PFO, or their combination was detected in 12% of the Caucasian patients, 15% of the Afro-Caribbean, and 3.7% of the Indo-Asian patients. Conclusions: There was a lower prevalence of ASA and PFO and their combination in Indo-Asians and a higher rate in Afro-Caribbeans than in Caucasians. The higher prevalence in the Afro-Caribbean participants may contribute to the high incidence of stroke in black participants. |
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