Association of the CHA₂DS₂-VASc score with left atrial spontaneous echo contrast: a cross-sectional study of patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis in sinus rhythm

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• 作者：Erdal Belen ; Ender Ozal ; Hamdi Pusuroglu
• 关键词：CHA2DS2 ; VASc ; Left atrial spontaneous echo contrast ; Rheumatic mitral valve stenosis
• 刊名：Heart and Vessels
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：31
• 期：9
• 页码：1537-1543
• 全文大小：437 KB
• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Medicine & Public Health
  Cardiology
  Cardiac Surgery
  Vascular Surgery
  Biomedical Engineering
  Interventional Radiology
  Ultrasound
  
• 出版者：Springer Japan
• ISSN：1615-2573
• 卷排序：31

文摘

Mitral valve stenosis is a common manifestation of chronic rheumatic heart disease. In rheumatic mitral valve stenosis (RMVS) patients, left atrial spontaneous echo contrast (LASEC) is an independent predictor of thromboembolism risk. While the anticoagulant therapy algorithm for atrial fibrillation patients is clear, the clinical tools determining high-risk patients in sinus rhythm are insufficient. Our aim is to examine the relationship between CHA₂DS₂-VASc score in RMVS patients in sinus rhythm and the presence of LASEC. The patients with RMVS upon presentation to the cardiology polyclinic were included in this cross-sectional study consecutively, and CHA₂DS₂-VASc scores were calculated. All patients were evaluated with transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography and were divided into two groups as those with and without LASEC. The total number of patients was 265, with LASEC determined in 97 (36.6 %) and not determined in 168 (63.4 %). No significant differences in terms of age, gender, and body mass index were found between the groups. Patients with LASEC had higher mean CHA₂DS₂-VASc score than patients without LASEC (2.10 ± 1.21 vs. 1.11 ± 0.7, respectively; p < 0.001). In the multivariate logistic regression analysis, it has been determined that there is an independent association between the existence of LASEC and CHA₂DS₂-VASc score (OR 3.176, CI 1.937–5.206; p < 0.001). The ROC analysis revealed that CHA₂DS₂-VASc score 2 or more predicted presence of LASEC with a sensitivity of 71 % and a specificity of 82 % (AUC 0.746, 95 % CI 0.682–0.810). The CHA₂DS₂-VASc score could be useful marker to detect prothrombotic state in patients with RMVS in sinus rhythm.