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Published on: October 16, 2021
Silent cerebral infarct in patients with mitral valve prolapse
Başak Karakurum1, Semra Topçu, Tulin Yildirim
1Department of Neurology, Medical Research Centre, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey. bkarakurum@hotmail.com
Abstract:
It is still not clear whether mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a risk factor for ischemic stroke. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether uncomplicated MVP is a risk factor for silent cerebral ischemic events. Fifty-two patients with uncomplicated MVP and 46 control subjects without MVP were included in the study. All subjects were evaluated for silent cerebral infarct (SCI) with a magnetic resonance imaging. Five (9.6%) of the patients who had MVP but no other risk factors for ischemic cerebral events had SCI. The results suggest that uncomplicated MVP is a risk factor for SCI, and that patients with MVP should receive anti-platelet-aggregating drugs.
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