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Stroke

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Clinical features

Ask about valvular heart disease and look for aortic stenosis. a  

Why?

  • One in seven patients with valvular heart disease has a stroke within 3.5 years (13%: 95% CI: 11% to 16%). a
  • The risk of stroke is increased with increasing age, severe aortic stenosis and atrial fibrillation.a

 

Expiry date: October 2003
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Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   G  Donnan
CAT Writers   CJ   Wotton , N   Shenker , CM   Ball