Objectives: Many studies have reported the association between mitral annular calcification (MAC) and stroke. MAC has been speculated to be a direct embolic source of stroke. Recently, the association between MAC and atherosclerosis in the coronary artery, aorta, and carotid artery has been reported. This prospective study investigated the association between MAC and severity of carotid atherosclerosis in patients with symptomatic ischemic cerebral disease to evaluate the association between MAC and atherosclerosis as a cause of stroke.
Methods: We studied 377 patients with ischemic cerebral disease (253 men, 124 women, mean age 68 +/- 11 years) who underwent echocardiography to determine the presence of MAC and carotid ultrasonography to determine the severity of carotid atherosclerosis. Plaque score was the sum of the maximum intimamedia thickness in the common carotid region, the bifurcation bulb region, and the internal carotid artery region, including both right and left arteries.
Results: MAC was found in 86 patients, and was more frequent in women, the elderly, and patients with diabetes or hyperlipidemia (p < 0.05). Plaque score was higher in patients with than without MAC (8.3 +/- 5.8 vs 5.2 +/- 5.2 mm, p < 0.001). Multivariate regression analysis identified MAC (r = 0.26, p < 0.0001), female sex (r = -0.12, p = 0.03), and age (r = 0.23, p < 0.0001) as independently associated with plaque score.
Conclusions: MAC is independently associated with severity of carotid atherosclerosis in patients with symptomatic ischemic cerebral disease. This association suggests MAC may be indirectly related to cerebrovascular disease as a marker of the presence of progressive arteriosclerosis for thromboemboli causing stroke.
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