Research Article
Echocardiographic Findings in Patients with Atrial Septal Aneurysm: A Prospective Case-Control Study
Table 1
Baseline demographics, echocardiographic parameters, and pathologies of the study population.
| | Variable | Atrial septal aneurysm | value | | No () | Yes () |
| | Age (years) | 49 ± 15 | 49 ± 15 | 0.86 | | Women (n) | 242 (64.2%) | 242 (64.2%) | 1.00 | | Hypertension (n) | 113 (29.9%) | 116 (30.7%) | 0.81 | | Diabetes mellitus (n) | 46 (12.2%) | 44 (11.6%) | 0.82 | | Current smoker (n) | 66 (17.5%) | 56 (14.8%) | 0.37 | | Coronary artery disease (n) | 64 (16.9%) | 71 (18.8%) | 0.50 | | Ischemic stroke (n) | 3 (0.8%) | 14 (3.7%) | <0.001 | | Hyperlipidemia (n) | 60 (15.9%) | 64 (16.9%) | 0.69 | | Left atrium anterior-posterior dimension (mm) | 37.0 ± 4.8 | 36.9 ± 4.8 | 0.64 | | Left ventricle end diastolic diameter (mm) | 45.6 ± 3.8 | 45.7 ± 3.9 | 0.70 | | Left ventricle end systolic diameter (mm) | 28.4 ± 2.9 | 28.5 ± 2.8 | 0.60 | | Aortic root diameter (mm) | 28.6 ± 3.1 | 29.2 ± 3.9 | 0.05 | | Ascending aorta diameter (mm) | 41.5 ± 0.2 | 44 ± 0.3 | 0.02 | | Ejection fraction (%) | 67.4 ± 2.5 | 67.1 ± 3.0 | 0.08 | | Aortic valve regurgitation (n) | 42 (11.1%) | 61 (16.1%) | 0.04 | | Mild | 36 (85.7%) | 50 (82.0%) | | | Moderate | 6 (14.3%) | 10 (16.4%) | | | Severe | 0 (0%) | 1 (1.6%) | | | Mitral valve regurgitation (n) | 93 (24.6%) | 148 (39.2%) | <0.001 | | Mild | 89 (95.7%) | 145 (98.0%) | | | Moderate | 4 (4.3%) | 2 (1.35%) | | | Severe | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.67%) | | | Ascending aortic aneurysm | 6 (1.5%) | 17 (4.5%) | <0.001 | | Mitral valve prolapse | 2 (0.5%) | 3 (0.7%) | 0.72 | | Patent foramen ovale (n) | 2 (0.5%) | 23 (6.1%) | <0.001 | | Atrial septal defect (n) | 1 (0.2%) | 9 (2.3%) | 0.01 | | Ventricular septal defect (n) | 1 (0.2%) | 1 (0.2%) | 1.00 |
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