Table 3.

The 10 most frequent findings in the stroke and TIA subgroups

Rank	Ischemic stroke (n = 383)	TIA (n = 319)	P (Chi2 Pearson)
1	PFO (94; 24.5%)	PFO (58; 18.2%)	0.053
2	Valvular abnormalities (73; 19.1%)	Valvular abnormalities (38; 11.9%)	0.014
3	Aortic calcification (73; 19.1%)	Aortic calcification (32; 10.0%)	0.001
4	Aortic plaque (71; 18.5%)	Aortic plaque (31; 9.7%)	0.002
5	Aoric valve aclerosis (45; 11.7%)	Aoric valve aclerosis (21; 6.6%)	0.029
6	Atrial septal aneurysm (36; 9.4%)	Left atrial dilatation (20; 6.3%)	LA dilatation: 0.807
7	regional myocardial dyskinesia in > 2 segments (33; 8.6%)	regional myocardial dyskinesia in > 2 segments (17; 5.3%)	0.131
8	Left atrial dilatation (27; 7.0%)	Atrial septal aneurysm (15; 4.7%)	ASA 0.213
9	ASD (17; 4.4%)	ASD (11; 3.4%)	0.65
10	SEC(16; 4.2%)	Mitral valve prolapse (6; 1.9%)