title: Association of mitral annular calcium with prior thromboembolic stroke in older White, African-American, and Hispanic men and women.
abstract: Prior thromboembolic stroke was present in 57 of 188 white men (30%) with mitral annular calcium (MAC) and in 62 of 303 white men (20%) without MAC, in 42 of 65 African-American men (65%) with MAC and in 50 of 123 African-American men (41%) without MAC, and in 13 of 27 Hispanic men (48%) with MAC and in 21 of 58 Hispanic (36%) without MAC. Prior thromboembolic stroke was present in 164 of 614 white women (27%) with MAC and in 85 of 516 white women (16%) without MAC, in 111 of 193 African-American women (58%) with MAC and in 77 of 225 African-American women (34%) without MAC, and in 36 of 69 Hispanic women (52%) with MAC, and in 17 of 58 Hispanic women (29%) without MAC.
authors.affiliation: Hebrew Hospital Home, Bronx, New York 10475, USA.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kronzon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gutstein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044383:Black People; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000473:pathology; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American