Left Atrial Enlargement on Transthoracic Echocardiography Predicts Left Atrial Thrombus on Transesophageal Echocardiography in Ischemic Stroke Patients
Table 2
Clinical and demographic characteristics of AIS patients with and without left atrial enlargement on transthoracic echocardiogram.
AIS subjects without LAE on TTE (48.4%)
AIS subjects with LAE on TTE (51.6%)
value
Age, median (range)
59 (26–83)
64 (26–90)
<0.001
African American, number (%)
74 (71.15%)
73 (66.36%)
0.450
Past Medical History, number (%)
Atrial fibrillation
4 (3.81%)
11 (10.00%)
0.075
Chronic heart failure
2 (1.94%)
19 (18.81%)
<0.001
Diabetes
25 (24.51%)
40 (37.04%)
0.050
Hypertension
72 (68.57%)
95 (86.36%)
0.002
Coronary artery disease
16 (15.09%)
27 (24.77%)
0.076
Known prior stroke
35 (33.33%)
39 (35.78%)
0.707
Hyperlipidemia
31 (29.52%)
42 (38.18%)
0.180
Carotid stenosis
0 (0.00%)
0 (0.00%)
NA
Active smoker
43 (41.75%)
40 (36.70%)
0.451
Definitions: LAE, left atrial enlargement; TTE, transthoracic echocardiogram.
