Ward R Parker, Don Creighton W, Furlong Kathy T, Lang Roberto M
Non-Invasive Imaging Laboratories, Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Am J Cardiol. 2004 Nov 1;94(9):1211-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.07.101.
Racial differences in the prevalence of complex thoracic aortic atheroma were evaluated in 318 patients referred for transesophageal echocardiography after unexplained stroke or transient ischemic attack. African-Americans were found to have fewer complex thoracic aortic atheroma and fewer combined cardiac sources of embolus than Caucasian patients. This finding persists after adjusting for racial differences in atherosclerotic risk factors.
在318例因不明原因的中风或短暂性脑缺血发作而接受经食管超声心动图检查的患者中，评估了复杂胸主动脉粥样硬化患病率的种族差异。结果发现，非裔美国人的复杂胸主动脉粥样硬化和合并心脏栓子来源比白种人患者少。在对动脉粥样硬化危险因素的种族差异进行调整后，这一发现仍然存在。
