Mitral annular calcification and its severity predict high risk for cardio-embolic stroke in elderly patients with first diagnosed atrial fibrillation.

Conclusion: MAC thickness may provide useful information for the relevant risk evaluation of elderly patients with AF. Pre-stroke MAC presence and its severity appear to have better clinical value for predicting cardio-embolic stroke in elderly patients with AF, independent from traditional risk factors for stroke. PMID: 31741424 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31741424?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acta Cardiologica - November 21, 2019 Category: Cardiology Tags: Acta Cardiol Source Type: research