title: Silent cerebral infarct in patients with mitral valve prolapse.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical Research Centre, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey. bkarakurum@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Başak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karakurum
authors.forename: Semra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Topçu
authors.forename: Tulin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karataş
authors.forename: Inci
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Turan
authors.forename: Meliha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012307:Risk Factors