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Comparative Study
Echocardiographic findings in a contemporary Afro-Caribbean Population referred for evaluation of unexplained syncope.
- T C Martin, B K Bains, and P A Aslam.
- The Antigua Heart Centre, Belmont Clinic,St John's Antigua and Barbuda. tcmartin@emh.org
- W Indian Med J. 2008 Sep 1; 57 (4): 342-5.
AbstractEchocardiographic findings were reviewed for 106 patients (mean age 41.3 +/- 23.0 years, range 3 to 90 years, 61% female) referred for evaluation of unexplained syncope. Abnormal echocardiographic findings were seen in 36/106 (34%) patients, of which 12/106 (11%) may have an abnormality that contributed to symptoms. Abnormal echocardiographic findings (64 vs 6%, p < 0.01) and those possibly causing syncope (22 vs 0%, p < 0.05) were significantly more likely in the oldest tercile of patients compared with the youngest. No patient less than 35 years old had a possibly diagnostic abnormality.
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