BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To test the association of cardiac sources of @entity887 with @entity4798 . METHODS: From a prospective @entity2806 data base the 106 consecutive @entity1 with @entity385 on computerized tomography were analyzed. The 85 consecutive @entity1 with lacunar lesions served as a comparison group. The association of cardiac sources of @entity887 with @entity1188 was assessed using univariate Chi Square tests and logistic regression models. Cardiac sources of @entity887 were defined as: @entity955 , left cardiac thrombi, @entity340 , wall motion and @entity340 , @entity4032 , open foramen ovale, septal @entity439 , mitral valve prolaps, and aortic arch atherothrombosis (all findings--except for @entity955 --assessed by echocardiography). RESULTS: @entity955 was significantly associated with @entity1188 (odds ratio 2.2, 95% confidence interval 1.01-4.8). This effect was independent of additional @entity299 , other @entity299 , @entity543 , and @entity1 age. Most likely due to the small sample size, left cardiac thrombi only showed a non-significant trend towards an association with @entity1188 (odds ratio 3.0, 95% confidence interval 0.7-12.3). The rate of all other cardiac findings did not differ significantly between the comparison groups. CONCLUSION: @entity955 and cardiac thrombi showed an association with @entity1188 . Other so-called cardiac sources of @entity887 --except for mechanical valves and @entity3555 which were not represented in our sample--revealed no clinically relevant association with @entity4798 pattern.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity4798 :: ('MESH:D020520', 'Disease') :: ['embolic brain infarct', 'territorial type brain infarcts'] @entity2806 :: ('MESH:D002545', 'Disease') :: ['cerebral ischemia'] @entity887 :: ('MESH:D004617', 'Disease') :: ['embolism'] @entity1188 :: ('MESH:D007238', 'Disease') :: ['territorial type infarcts', 'territorial types infarcts', 'territorial infarcts'] @entity439 :: ('MESH:D000783', 'Disease') :: ['aneurysm'] @entity955 :: ('MESH:D001281', 'Disease') :: ['atrial fibrillation', 'Atrial fibrillation'] @entity299 :: ('MESH:D006331', 'Disease') :: ['cardiac abnormalities', 'cardiac diseases'] @entity4032 :: ('MESH:D059446', 'Disease') :: ['left atrial enlargement'] @entity340 :: ('MESH:D006349', 'Disease') :: ['valvular vegetations', 'valvular abnormalities'] @entity543 :: ('MESH:D016893', 'Disease') :: ['carotid artery stenosis'] @entity3555 :: ('MESH:D004697', 'Disease') :: ['bacterial endocarditis'] @entity385 :: ('MESH:D002544', 'Disease') :: ['territorial type cerebral infarcts']
@entity385 :: (MESH:D002544,Disease) :: ['territorial cerebral infarcts']
